Translating War - Literature and Memory in France and Britain from the 1940s to the 1960s (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2019)

This book examines the role played by the international circulation of literature in constructing cultural memories of the Second World War. War writing has rarely been read from the point of view of translation even though war is by definition a multilingual event, and knowledge of the Second World War and the Holocaust is mediated through translated texts. Here, the author opens up this field of research through analysis of several important works of French war fiction and their English translations. The book examines the wartime publishing structures which facilitated literary exchanges across national borders, the strategies adopted by translators of war fiction, the relationships between translated war fiction and dominant national memories of the war, and questions of multilingualism in war writing. In doing so, it sheds new light on the political and ethical questions that arise when the trauma of war is represented in fiction and through translation. This engaging work will appeal to students and scholars of translation, cultural memory, war fiction and Holocaust writing.

General

Imprint:	Springer International Publishing AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Palgrave Studies in Languages at War
Release date:	July 2018
First published:	2019
Authors:	Angela Kershaw
Dimensions:	210 x 148mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	293
Edition:	1st ed. 2019
ISBN-13:	978-3-319-92086-3
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Psycholinguistics > Bilingualism & multilingualism Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Translation & interpretation > General Books > Humanities > History > Theory & methods > Historiography Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Military history Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > War & defence operations > Battles & campaigns Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > Second World War Books > History > History of specific subjects > Military history Books > History > Theory & methods > Historiography Books > History > World history > From 1900 > Second World War
LSN:	3-319-92086-3
Barcode:	9783319920863

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