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Author Lowe, Elizabeth, 1947-

Title Translation and the rise of inter-American literature / Elizabeth Lowe and Earl E. Fitz ; foreword by Ilan Stavans.

Publication Info. Gainesville, FL : University Press of Florida, [2007]
©2007

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Description 1 online resource (xix, 224 pages)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-211) and index.
Contents An Inter-American approach to translation and its implications for the study of Latin American literature, reception theory, and the development of comparative literature as a discipline -- Translation and the liberation of Brazilian and Spanish American literature from the solitude of cultural ignorance and prejudice : the creation of a New World paradigm -- Urbanization and the evolution of contemporary Latin American literature into a hemispheric context : changing patterns of influence and reception -- Translation and the ontologies of cultural identity and aesthetic integrity in modern Brazilian and Spanish American narrative : some key texts -- Translating the voices of a globalized Latin American literature : The McOndo Revolution and the Crack Generation -- Gregory Rabassa : the translator's translator and the foundations of Inter-American literary study.
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Summary Explains how stylistic and linguistic choices made by the translator can have a profound effect on how literary works are perceived by readers unfamiliar with a foreign language. They also point out ways in which the act of translation is critical to the discipline of comparative literature.
Subject Latin American literature -- Translations into English -- History and criticism.
Translating and interpreting.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- General.
Latin American literature -- Translations into English. (OCoLC)fst00993045
Translating and interpreting. (OCoLC)fst01154795
Vertalingen.
Spaans.
Portugees.
Engels.
Bellettrie.
Literatur.
Iberoromanische Sprachen.
Übersetzung.
Englisch.
Lateinamerika.
Literatur.
Übersetzung.
Lateinamerika.
United States.
Chronological Term Geschichte (umfassend)
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
Added Author Fitz, Earl E.
Other Form: Print version: Lowe, Elizabeth, 1947- Translation and the rise of inter-American literature. Gainesville, FL : University Press of Florida, ©2007 9780813031682 (DLC) 2007027186 (OCoLC)154704875
ISBN 9780813037806 (electronic bk.)
0813037808 (electronic bk.)
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