Fixers: Agency, Translation, and the Early Global History of Literature

by Zrinka Stahuljak

A new history of early global literature that treats translators as active agents mediating cultures.

In this book, Zrinka Stahuljak challenges scholars in both medieval and translation studies to rethink how ideas and texts circulated in the medieval world. Whereas many view translators as mere conduits of authorial intention, Stahuljak proposes a new perspective rooted in a term from journalism: the fixer. With this language,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226830403
• ISBN13: 9780226830407
• Release Date: January 2024
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"