Translation, Rewriting and the Manipulation of Literary Fame - Couverture souple

Lefevere, Andre

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0415077001 ISBN 13 : 9780415077002

Editeur : Routledge, 1992

Synopsis

The status of a text depends entirely upon its instrinsic merits. Or does it? "Translation, Rewriting and the Manipulation of Literary Fame" argues that rewriting, in its various forms - translation, anthologization, historiography, criticism - is as least as important in establishing the reception and reputation of a work as the actual text itself. Lefevere explores how rewriting manipulates works of literature to ideological and artistic ends. By placing the production of a literature in a new culture or theoretical framework, a rewritten text can be given a new, sometimes subversive, historical or literary status. Lefevere challenges the sacred cows of literature such as "originality", "inspiration" and "aesthetic excellence" by revaluing literature's social and historical import in a post-Marxist context.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Routledge
• Date d'édition: 1992
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0415077001
• ISBN 13: 9780415077002
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 208
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• Personne responsable: non disponible