Contra Instrumentalism: A Translation Polemic Contributor(s): Venuti, Lawrence (Author) |
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ISBN: 1496205138 ISBN-13: 9781496205131 Publisher: University of Nebraska Press OUR PRICE: $23.75 Product Type: Paperback Published: July 2019 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Language - Philosophy | Hermeneutics - Literary Criticism | Comparative Literature |
Dewey: 418.02 |
LCCN: 2018047747 |
Series: Provocations |
Physical Information: 0.49" H x 5" W x 8" (0.53 lbs) 216 pages |
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Publisher Description: Contra Instrumentalism questions the long-accepted notion that translation reproduces or transfers an invariant contained in or caused by the source text. This "instrumental" model of translation has dominated translation theory and commentary for more than two millennia, and its influence can be seen today in elite and popular cultures, in academic institutions and in publishing, in scholarly monographs and in literary journalism, in the most rarefied theoretical discourses and in the most commonly used clichés. |