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In 2006, she coedited with peter bush the book the translator as writer. Translation studies, 3rd ed bassnett, susan routledge. Susan bassnett born 1945 is a translation theorist and scholar of comparative literature. Translation studies new accents bassnett mcguire, susan on. Translation, history, and culture edited by susan bassnett and andre lefevere. Susan bassnettmcguire author of postcolonial translation. How far linguistic and cultural phenomena are translatable, and the meaning. When susan bassnetts translation studies appeared in the new accents series, it quickly became the essential introduction to this new subject. Susan bassnett is professor of comparative literature in the centre for translation and comparative cultural studies at the university of warwick, which she founded in the 1980s. She served as provicechancellor at the university of warwick for ten years and taught in its centre for translation and comparative cultural studies, which closed. When susan bassnetts translation studies appeared in the new accents series. Article pdf available in ilha do desterro april 2008 with 6,642 reads. Dixon 1 view affiliations hide affiliations affiliations.
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She is a professor of comparative literature at the university of warwick, and also a. When susan bassnett s translation studies appeared in the new accents series, it quickly became the essential introduction to this new subject. Susan bassnett was educated in denmark, portugal and italy, acquiring various languages in childhood. According to bassnett, it is a relatively new field which has received very little formal recognition nor respect either until fairly recently. Welcome to econtent platform of john benjamins publishing company. In the nearly fifty years since his death in 1936, luigi pirandello has certainly come to be acknowledged as one of the creators ofmodernist drama. It has three chapters covering in breadth but concisely. Translating and interpreting literature translation. One of bassnetts early and most influential books is translation studies. Author of over 20 books, her translation studies, which first appeared in 1980, has remained in print ever since and has become an important international textbook in this field. As of 2016, she is a professor of comparative literature at the universities of glasgow and warwick. Open library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published.
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