| Virginia Woolf and the Migrations of Language Contributor(s): Dalgarno, Emily (Author) |
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ISBN: 1107010187 ISBN-13: 9781107010185 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $114.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
| Dewey: 823.912 |
| LCCN: 2011011415 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6" W x 9.1" (1.15 lbs) 228 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Virginia Woolf's rich and imaginative use of language was partly a result of her keen interest in foreign literatures and languages - mainly Greek and French, but also Russian, German and Italian. As a translator she naturally addressed herself both to contemporary standards of translation within the university, but also to readers like herself. In Three Guineas she ranged herself among German scholars who used Antigone to critique European politics of the 1930s. Orlando outwits the censors with a strategy that focuses on Proust's untranslatable word. The Waves and The Years show her looking ahead to the problems of postcolonial society, where translation crosses borders. In this first in-depth study of Woolf and European languages and literatures, Emily Dalgarno opens up a rewarding new way of reading her prose. |
Contributor Bio(s): Dalgarno, Emily: - Emily Dalgarno is Professor Emerita in the Department of English at Boston University. |
