Translation and the Making of Modern Russian Literature

by Brian James Baer

Book Overview

Brian James Baer explores the central role played by translation in the construction of modern Russian literature. Peter I's policy of forced Westernization resulted in translation becoming a widely discussed and highly visible practice in Russia, a multi-lingual empire with a polyglot elite. Yet Russia's accumulation of cultural capital through translation occurred at a time when the Romantic obsession with originality was marginalizing translation...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1628927992
• ISBN13: 9781628927993
• Release Date: November 2015
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"