Shakespeare and the language of translation / edited by Ton Hoenselaars.

Shakespeare and the language of translation / edited by Ton Hoenselaars.

Shakespeare's international status as a literary icon is largely based on his masterful use of the English language, yet beyond Britain his plays and poems are read and performed mainly in translation. 'Shakespeare and the Language of Translation' addresses this apparent contradiction...

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Online Access: Full text (Emerson users only)
Contributors: Hoenselaars, A. J., 1956- (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Arden Shakespeare, 2012.
Edition:Rev. edition.
Series:Shakespeare and language.
Subjects:
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Translations > History and criticism.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Adaptations > History and criticism.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Appreciation > Foreign countries.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction / Ton Hoenselaars
  • 'If I know the letters and the language' : translation as a dramatic device in Shakespeare's plays / Dirk Delabastita
  • Engendering anew : Shakespeare, gender and translation / Susan Bassnett
  • 'Our language of love' : Shakespeare in Japanese translation / Tetsuo Kishi
  • Translating Shakespeare under Communism : Bulgaria and beyond / Alexander Shurbanov and Boika Sokolova
  • A mirror up to 'human' nature : the case of the Chinese translator Liang Shi Qiu / Shen Lin
  • The feast and the scraps : translating Love's labour's lost into Portuguese / Rui Carvalho Homem
  • Translating Shakespeare's stagecraft / Jean-Michel Déprats
  • Translating and copyright / Maik Hamburger
  • The translator as editor : the Quartos of Hamlet / Alessandro Serpieri
  • Think-along edition : the bilingual Studienausgabe of Shakespeare / Werner Brönnimann
  • Interpreting Shakespeare's plays into British Sign Language / Peter Llewellyn-Jones
  • Scots for Shakespeare / J. Derrick McClure
  • 'A double tongue within your mask' : translating Shakespeare in/to Spanish-speaking Latin America / Alfredo Michel Modenessi
  • 'Cette belle langue' : the 'tradaptation' of Shakespeare in Quebec / Leanore Lieblein
  • 'I am the tusk of an elephant' : Macbeth, Titus and Caesar in Johannesburg / Martin Orkin
  • Shakespeare and translation : a guide to further reading / Dirk Delabastita.

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