1st Edition
Translation in a Postcolonial Context Early Irish Literature in English Translation
By Maria Tymoczko
Copyright 1999
336 Pages
by
Routledge
336 Pages
by
Routledge
336 Pages
by
Routledge
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This ground-breaking analysis of the cultural trajectory of England's first colony constitutes a major contribution to postcolonial studies, offering a template relevant to most cultures emerging from colonialism. At the same time, these Irish case studies become the means of interrogating contemporary theories of translation. Moving authoritatively between literary theory and linguistics,... Read more
Introduction; Chapter 1 The Metonymics of Translation; Chapter 2 The Politics of Translating Táin Bó Cúailnge into English; Chapter 3 Formal Strategies for Integrating Irish Hero Tales into Canons of European Literature; Chapter 4 The Two Traditions of Translating Early Irish Literature; Chapter 5 On Translating a Dead Language; Chapter 6 On Cú Chulainn’s Attributes Translating Culture in a Postcolonial Context; Chapter 7 Translating the Humour in Early Irish Hero Tales; Chapter 8 The Names of the Hound; Chapter 9 The Accuracy of the Philologist; Chapter 10 Metametonymics;
Biography
Maria Tymoczko
