The Translingual Imagination

by Steven G. Kellman and Franca Sinopoli

It is difficult to write well even in one language. Yet a rich body of translingual literature-by authors who write in more than one language or in a language other than their primary one--exists. The "Translingual Imagination" is a pioneering study of the phenomenon, which is as ancient as the use of Arabic, Latin, Mandarin, Persian, and Sanskrit as linguae francae. Colonialism, war, mobility, and the aesthetics of alienation have combined to create...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803227450
• ISBN13: 9780803227453
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.6" x 8.8"