After Babel, 3rd Edition
Aspects of Language and Translation
$87.59
- Paperback
560 pages
- Release Date
22 April 1998
Summary
Translation has long needed a champion, and at last in George Steiner it has found a scholar who is a match for the task. First published in 1975, After Babel constituted the first systematic investigation of the theory and processes of translation since the eighteenth century. In mapping out its own field, it quickly established itself as both controversial and seminal, and gave rise to a considerable, and still-growing, body of secondary literature. Even today, with its status as a modern c…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780192880932 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0192880934 |
| Author: | George Steiner |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Imprint: | Oxford University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 560 |
| Edition: | 3rd |
| Release Date: | 22 April 1998 |
| Weight: | 399g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 128mm x 29mm |
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‘Translation … has long needed a champion, and at last in George Steinerit has found a scholar who is a match for the task.’ Maurice Cranston, SundayTimes
A masterly and impressive work' Jan Marsh, Daily TelegraphA work of the first importance … It opens new regions of comparative enquiry which promise some vital renewals of perception.’ Philosophy and Literature`Translation … has long needed a champion, and at last in George Steiner it has found a scholar who is a match for the task.’ Maurice Cranston, Sunday Times’This was the most challenging book on translation since the 18th century.‘The Times’the book has strong claims to the status of modern classic: a sometimes spiky, sometimes mercilessly dense text’Independent on Sunday
About The Author
George Steiner
George Steiner is Extraordinary Fellow, Churchill College, Cambridge, and Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of Geneva.
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