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Stranger fictions a history of the novel in Arabic translation

Title
Stranger fictions [electronic resource] : a history of the novel in Arabic translation / Rebecca C. Johnson.
Author
Johnson, Rebecca C. (Rebecca Carol)
Publication
Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2020.

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Description
1 online resource (xiii, 270 pages)
Summary
"This book argues that the circulation of European novels and European-style fiction in the nineteenth century Arabic world, and the multiple translation practices that enabled it, are central to the development of the Arabic novel"--
Uniform Title
Stranger fictions (Online)
Alternative Title
Stranger fictions (Online)
Subject
  • Arabic fiction > European influences
  • Arabic fiction > 1801- > History and criticism
  • Translating and interpreting
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-262) and index.
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  • Access restricted to authorized users.
Contents
Introduction: a history of the novel in mistranslation -- Crusoe's Babel, missionaries' mistakes: translated origins -- Stranger publics: the structural translation of the print sphere -- Errant readers: the serialized novel's modern subject -- Fictions of connectivity: the literary economy of Monte Cristo -- Age of the comparative world picture: Jules Verne's colonial worlds -- The melodramatic state: popular translation and the erring nation -- Conclusion: invader fictions: national literature after translation.
LCCN
2020013041
OCLC
ssj0002405071
Author
Johnson, Rebecca C. (Rebecca Carol)
Title
Stranger fictions [electronic resource] : a history of the novel in Arabic translation / Rebecca C. Johnson.
Imprint
Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2020.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-262) and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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Available onsite at NYPL
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