Conrad and Gide Translation, Transference and Intertextuality |
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| Author:
| West-Pavlov, Russell |
| Series title: | Internationale Forschungen Zur Allgemeinen und Vergleichenden Literaturwissenschaft Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-90-5183-907-4 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 1996 |
| Publisher: | BRILL
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| Imprint: | Brill / Rodopi |
| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $59.00 |
Book Description:
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This study examines the relations between the work of the Polish-English novelist Joseph Conrad and the French Nobel Prize winner André Gide. Gide's translation of Conrad's
Typhoonis read as a work belonging paradoxically to the
oeuvresof both writers, where their respective preoccupations meet with illuminating results. Focusing also on other major works by Conrad and Gide, the study suggests that the intertextual and personal interaction between these two masters of...
More DescriptionThis study examines the relations between the work of the Polish-English novelist Joseph Conrad and the French Nobel Prize winner André Gide. Gide's translation of Conrad's Typhoonis read as a work belonging paradoxically to the oeuvresof both writers, where their respective preoccupations meet with illuminating results. Focusing also on other major works by Conrad and Gide, the study suggests that the intertextual and personal interaction between these two masters of 20th Century fiction was governed by processes of identification and projection, conflict between master and disciple and a consequent resistant reading of texts, and confrontation with linguistic and cultural heterogeneity.Issues of translation theory, psychoanalysis and intertextuality are brought together to offer a glimpse of a possible dialogue between literature and ethics. This study will be of interest to students and researchers in English, French and Comparative Literature.