Scorned My Nation": A Comparison of Translations of the Merchant of Venice into German, Hebrew, and Yiddish - Couverture rigide

Abend-David, Dror

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0820457981 ISBN 13 : 9780820457987

Editeur : Peter Lang Publishing Inc, 2003

Synopsis

In this book, the German history of The Merchant of Venice highlights the Central European detour that Shakespearean reception underwent in Hebrew and Yiddish. Such a detour, with its various discomforts, is used to penetrate a current historical and political historiography, rendering Shylock a character that remembers various languages and locations, as well as multiple alternatives for political self-definition. This complex Shakespearean character speaks in many voices and for various purposes and is the only character that can provide the missing link between two contradictory Jewish stereotypes - a persecuted and victimized underling and a merciless and violent plaintive, holding out his knife to draw blood.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

The Author: Dror Abend-David graduated from New York University with a Ph.D. in comparative literature in 2001. He is currently Assistant Professor at Bilkent University in Ankara, Turkey, and has published academic articles, translations, poetry, and short stories in various magazines and collections.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Peter Lang Publishing Inc
• Date d'édition: 2003
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0820457981
• ISBN 13: 9780820457987
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 247
• Coordonnées du fabricant: r.boehm-korff@peterlang.com; r.boehm-korff@peterlang.com; ; Gontardstraße 11; Berlin; 10178; Allemagne