In Babel's Shadow - Multilingual Literatures, Monolingual States (Paperback)

Multilingual literature defies simple translation. Beginning with this insight, Brian Lennon examines the resistance multilingual literature offers to book publication itself. In readings of G. V. Desani's "All about H. Hatterr," Anthony Burgess's "A Clockwork Orange," Christine Brooke-Rose's "Between," Eva Hoffman's "Lost in Translation," Emine Sevgi ozdamar's "Mutterzunge," and Orhan Pamuk's "Istanbul," among other works, Lennon shows how nationalized literary print culture inverts the values of a transnational age, reminding us that works of literature are, above all, objects in motion. Looking closely at the limit of both multilingual literary expression and the literary journalism, criticism, and scholarship that comments on multilingual work, "In Babel's Shadow" presents a critical reflection on the fate of literature in a world gripped by the crisis of globalization.

General

Imprint:	University of Minnesota Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	June 2010
First published:	July 2010
Authors:	Brian Lennon
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	256
ISBN-13:	978-0-8166-6502-0
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > General Promotions
LSN:	0-8166-6502-8
Barcode:	9780816665020

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