· 2016
Translation, Rewriting, and the Manipulation of Literary Fame
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- 2016year
Short summary
Rewriting, including translation, anthologization, and criticism, manipulates literary works to ideological and artistic ends, altering their reception and canonization.
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Key points
- Rewriting (translation, anthologization, criticism, etc.) is a form of manipulation.
- This manipulation serves ideological and artistic ends.
- Rewriting can alter a text's historical or literary status.
- The process influences literary reception and canonization.
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Abstract
One of the first books to shine a light on the broad scope of translation studies, this Routledge Translation Classic is widely regarded as a pillar of the discipline. Authored by one of the most infl uential translation theorists of the twentieth century, Translation, Rewriting, and the Manipulation of Literary Fame shows how rewriting – translation, anthologization, historiography, criticism, editing – infl uences the reception and canonization of works of literature. Firmly placing the production and reception of literature within the wider framework of a culture and its history, André Lefevere explores how rewriting manipulates works of literature to ideological and artistic ends, and demonstrates how rewriting a text can give it a new, sometimes subversive, historical or literary status. Ranging across various literatures, including Classical Latin, French, and German, and here reissued with a new foreword by Scott G. Williams, this is a seminal text for all students and specialists in translation studies, literary theory, and comparative and world literature.
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