From Wahnsinnig to the Loony Bin: German and Russian Stories Transposed to Modern-Day America

by Henry Whittlesey

From Wahnsinnig to the Loony Bin is the first collection of published and unpublished transpositions - a genre created between translation and adaptation.

A transposition retains the form of an original story, but shifts its content when the past and present contexts are incompatible. Form is defined as each sentence or segment; content is moved from the past to the present - from the romantic era in Germany and Russia to 21st century...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1482577542
• ISBN13: 9781482577549
• Release Date: May 2013
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 302 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.0" x 8.0"