Translating and Traducing
Zola and the Art of (Mis)Quotation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9613203 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Robert Lethbridge (University of Cambridge, University of St Andrews, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 57 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 115-124 |
| Publication date | 2020-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Australian Journal of French Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0004-9468 • E-ISSN: 2046-2913 |
| Publisher | Liverpool University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.3828/ajfs.2020.12 |
| OpenAlex | W3014911759 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
Deliberately angled towards the two areas in which Brian Nelson has made so many invaluable contributions during his scholarly career, this essay explores several related themes. Largely focused on Zola’s art criticism, it highlights errors in the translation of his texts for the Russian periodical Vestnik Evropy, exacerbated by their re-translation into French for modern editions of his work. More problematic are Zola’s unsigned articles in Le Sémaphore de Marseille, composed from material in the Parisian press but inflected by personal commentary to the extent of traducing the original source. This is also visible in his reviews of exhibitions and critical studies of contemporary artists. Zola’s recourse to a metaphorical “translation” in writing about Manet is brought into sharper relief by his inability to find a language to make sense of the paintings of a Moreau or Cézanne
Art · Art criticism · Art history · Criticism · Exhibition · Literature · Painting · Performance art · French Literature and Criticism · Historical Art and Culture Studies · History · Renaissance Literature and Culture
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0.33 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |