Gender in Literary Exchange Contributor(s): Ryall, Anka (Editor), Rønning, Anne Birgitte (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0367714957 ISBN-13: 9780367714956 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $168.30 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2021 |
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BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Subjects & Themes - Women - Literary Criticism | Feminist - Literary Criticism | Women Authors |
Physical Information: 114 pages |
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Publisher Description: Can the recovery of women's contributions to literary culture be compared to a salvage operation? In that case, for what purpose? The essays in this book explore the role of women writers and readers in Nordic literary culture within a European and worldwide network of literary exchange. Specifically, they consider the transnational transmission of women's literary texts during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Textual exchange is as a migratory practice entailing processes of textual export, import, translation, reception and dissemination across national boundaries. These essays are case studies that not only explore the various transformations that happen when texts migrate from one cultural and linguistic framework to another, but also highlight the gendered nature of such transformations and the significance of transcultural exchange for perceptions of gender. Spanning from digital humanities and world literature, libraries and reading societies to the transnational reception of authors such as Selma Lagerl f, Simone de Beauvoir and Monika Fagerholm, the essays contribute to an exciting and expanding field of humanities research. The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of NORA--Nordic Journal of Feminist and Gender Research. |