This Is a Classic
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literary classics
literary history
literary longevity
literary tradition
literature in translation
literatures and languages
novels in translation
poetry in translation
translation studies
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- ISBN 9781501376900
- Weight: 455g
- Dimensions: 140 x 214mm
- Publication Date: 23 Feb 2023
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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This Is a Classic illuminates the overlooked networks that contribute to the making of literary classics through the voices of multiple translators, without whom writers would have a difficult time reaching a global audience. It presents the work of some of today’s most accomplished literary translators who translate classics into English or who work closely with translation in the US context and magnifies translators’ knowledge, skills, creativity, and relationships with the literary texts they translate, the authors whose works they translate, and the translations they make. The volume presents translators’ expertise and insight on how classics get defined according to language pairs and contexts. It advocates for careful attention to the role of translation and translators in reading choices and practices, especially regarding literary classics.
Regina Galasso is Associate Professor Spanish and Portuguese Studies and Director of the Translation Center at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA. She is the author of Translating New York (2018) and editor, with Evelyn Scaramella, of Avenues of Translation: The City in Iberian and Latin American Writing (2019).
