Jane Dunnett
Biographic Data
| ID | 826720 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jane Dunnett |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jane |
| FAMILY NAME | Dunnett |
| SIGNATURE | DUNNETT J |
| AFFILIATIONS | West View, 20A Highbury Grove, London N5 2EA |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
‘One panini, two paninis…’
I still recall, with a mixture of amusement and embarrassment, the time I took a visiting Italian friend to lunch in a café along London's Holloway Road. After studying the menu, he ordered a mozzarella and tomato panino – ‘so that'll be one panini for you’, jotted down the young woman behind the counter. My friend confirmed his choice by repeating it in a way that signified he could speak only for himself. And to make his point, he leaned somewh…
Supergiallo
(2010). Supergiallo: how Mondadori turned crime into a brand. The Italianist: Vol. 30, No. 1, pp. 63-80
Rome Scholarships
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Foreign Literature in Fascist Italy
In this article the author sets out to illustrate some of the strategies which Italian translators and publishers adopted, or were forced to adopt, to ensure that their texts passed muster under Fascism. "Taboo" areas are identified and an attempt is made to sketch out what were often rather vague criteria for acceptability. The author proceeds to survey the mechanisms that were put in place to vet books-essentially, preventive censorship and pol…
To Pun or Not to Pun
To Pun or Not to Pun
A real comedian — that's a daring man. Dario Fo, who is perhaps best known outside Italy for his Accidental Death of an Anarchist (1970), remains one of the most widely translated and performed playwrights alive today; the Nobel Prize for Literature which was awarded to him in 1997 will no doubt ensure that new translations of his work continue to be made available to a new generation of theatre-goers. The object of this article is to examine the…
Foreign Literature in Fascist Italy
In this article the author sets out to illustrate some of the strategies which Italian translators and publishers adopted, or were forced to adopt, to ensure that their texts passed muster under Fascism. "Taboo" areas are identified and an attempt is made to sketch out what were often rather vague criteria for acceptability. The author proceeds to survey the mechanisms that were put in place to vet books-essentially, preventive censorship and pol…
Supergiallo
(2010). Supergiallo: how Mondadori turned crime into a brand. The Italianist: Vol. 30, No. 1, pp. 63-80
To Pun or Not to Pun
To Pun or Not to Pun
A real comedian — that's a daring man. Dario Fo, who is perhaps best known outside Italy for his Accidental Death of an Anarchist (1970), remains one of the most widely translated and performed playwrights alive today; the Nobel Prize for Literature which was awarded to him in 1997 will no doubt ensure that new translations of his work continue to be made available to a new generation of theatre-goers. The object of this article is to examine the…
Foreign Literature in Fascist Italy
In this article the author sets out to illustrate some of the strategies which Italian translators and publishers adopted, or were forced to adopt, to ensure that their texts passed muster under Fascism. "Taboo" areas are identified and an attempt is made to sketch out what were often rather vague criteria for acceptability. The author proceeds to survey the mechanisms that were put in place to vet books-essentially, preventive censorship and pol…
Rome Scholarships
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Supergiallo
(2010). Supergiallo: how Mondadori turned crime into a brand. The Italianist: Vol. 30, No. 1, pp. 63-80
‘One panini, two paninis…’
I still recall, with a mixture of amusement and embarrassment, the time I took a visiting Italian friend to lunch in a café along London's Holloway Road. After studying the menu, he ordered a mozzarella and tomato panino – ‘so that'll be one panini for you’, jotted down the young woman behind the counter. My friend confirmed his choice by repeating it in a way that signified he could speak only for himself. And to make his point, he leaned somewh…
Art (5 works) · History (3 works) · Italian Fascism and Post-war Society (3 works) · Literature (3 works) · Comics (2 works) · History (2 works) · Linguistics (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Pun (2 works) · Translation Studies and Practices (2 works)