Disorientations: German-Turkish Cultural Contact in Translation, 1811-1946

by Kristin Dickinson

The fields of comparative and world literature tend to have a unidirectional, Eurocentric focus, with attention to concepts of "origin" and "arrival." DisOrientations challenges this viewpoint. Kristin Dickinson employs a unique multilingual archive of German and Turkish translated texts from the early nineteenth through the mid-twentieth century. In this analysis, she reveals the omnidirectional and transtemporal movements of translations,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271089849
• ISBN13: 9780271089843
• Release Date: April 2021
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 270 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"