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Writing between the lines : portraits of Canadian anglophone translators / edited with an introduction by Agnes Whitfield.
- Title
- Writing between the lines : portraits of Canadian anglophone translators / edited with an introduction by Agnes Whitfield.
- Publication
- Waterloo, Ont. : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, c2006.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | P306.9 .W75 2006 | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Whitfield, Agnès, 1951-
- Description
- vi, 312 p. : ports.; 24 cm.
- Summary
- The essays in Writing between the Lines explore the lives of twelve of Canada's most eminent anglophone literary translators, and delve into how these individuals have contributed to the valuable process of literary exchange between francophone and anglophone literatures in Canada. Containing original, detailed biographical and bibliographical material, Writing between the Lines offers many new insights into the literary translation process and the diverse roles of the translator as social agent. The first text on Canadian anglophone translators, it makes a major contribution in the areas of literary translation, comparative literature, Canadian literature, and cultural studies.
- Uniform Title
- Project Muse UPCC books
- Subject
- Canadian literature (French) > 20th century > Translations into English > History and criticism
- Translators > Canada > Biography
- Translating and interpreting > Canada
- Littérature canadienne-française > 20e siècle > Traductions anglaises > Histoire et critique
- Traducteurs > Canada > Biographies
- Traduction littéraire > Canada
- Genre/Form
- Biographies
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- 1. William Hume Blake, or the translator as amateur ethnologist / Sherry Simon -- 2. Glassco virtuoso / Patricia Godbout -- 3. Joyce Marshall, or the accidental translator / Jane Everett -- 4. Philip Stratford : the comparatist as smuggler / Gillian Lane-Mercier -- 5. On D.G. Jones and translating outside / Stephanie Nutting -- 6. Patricia Claxton : a civil translator / Agnes Whitfield -- 7. Sheila Fischman : the consummate professional / Pamela Grant -- 8. Transformations of Barbara Godard / Kathy Mezei -- 9. Ray Ellenwood : the translator as activist / Barbara Kerslake -- 10. Susanne de Lotbiniere-Harwood : totally between / Agnes Conacher -- 11. John Van Burek : bringing Tremblay to Toronto / Jane Koustas -- 12. Linda Gaboriau : playing with performance / Robert Wallace.
- ISBN
- 0889204926 (bound)
- 9780889204928 (bound)
- OCLC
- 65943639
- SCSB-12721410
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library