Tradition, Translation, Trauma
The Classic and the Modern
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19971194 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Janet Parker (corresponding author) |
| Editors | Jan Parker, Timothy Mathews (0000-0002-1204-8365) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Pages | 358 |
| Publication date | 2011-06-30 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | Tradition, translation, trauma (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/acprof:osobl/9780199554591.001.0001 |
| OpenAlex | W1522174190 |
| ISBN | 9780199554591 |
| Open Library | OL25275744M |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
This book is concerned with how Classic texts — mainly Greek and Latin but also Arabic and Portuguese — become present in later cultures and how they resonate in the modern. This book examines the topic in different ways. Some discuss singular encounters with the Classic — those of Heaney, Pope, Fellini, Freud, IbnQutayba, Cavafy and others — and show how translations engage with the affective impact of texts over time and space. Chapters offer images of translation: as movement of a text over time, space, language, and culture. Some of these images are resistant, even violent: tradition as si ... More
Linguistics · Translation (biology) · Biochemistry · Chemistry · Historical and Linguistic Studies · Historical Geopolitical and Social Dynamics · Philosophy · Psychology · Translation Studies and Practices · Europe · History · History and criticism · Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) · Literature · Psychic trauma in literature · Translating and interpreting · Transmission of texts
| Citations per year | 0.46 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2013 - 2024 (12) |
| Highly cited | No |