The Translation Zone: A New Comparative Literature

by Emily Apter

Book Overview

Translation, before 9/11, was deemed primarily an instrument of international relations, business, education, and culture. Today it seems, more than ever, a matter of war and peace. In The Translation Zone, Emily Apter argues that the field of translation studies, habitually confined to a framework of linguistic fidelity to an original, is ripe for expansion as the basis for a new comparative literature.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691049971
• ISBN13: 9780691049977
• Release Date: December 2005
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"