Northern Crossings : Translation, Circulation and the Literary Semi-periphery Hardback
by Chatarina (Senior Lecturer, Dalarna University) Edfeldt, Dr. Erik (Senior Researcher, Sodertorn University) Falk, Dr. Andreas (Lecturer, Uppsala University) Hedberg, Professor or Dr. Yvonne (Professor, Stockholm University) Lindqvist, Professor or Dr. Cecilia (Associate Professor, Stockholm University) Schwartz, Paul (Associate Professor, Lund University, Sweden) Tenngart
Part of the Cosmopolitan-Vernacular Dynamics in World Literatures series
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This open access book uses Swedish literature and the Swedish publishing field as recurring examples todescribe and analyse the role of the literary semi-peripheral position in world literature from various perspectives and on meso, micro and macro levels, using both quantitative and qualitative methods.
This includes the role of translation in the semi-periphery and the conditions under which literature travels to and from that position.
The focus is not on Sweden, as such, but rather on the semi-peripheral transitional space as exemplified by the Swedish case. Consisting of three co-written chapters, this study sheds light on what might be called the semi-peripheral condition or the semi-periphery as an area of transition.
As part of the Cosmopolitan and Vernacular Dynamics in World Literatures series, it makes continuous use of the concepts of 'cosmopolitan' and 'vernacular' – or rather, the processual terms, cosmopolitanization and vernacularization – which provide an overall structure to the analysis of literature and literary phenomena.
In this way, the authors show that the semi-periphery is an ideal point of departure to further the understanding of world literature, because it is a place where the cosmopolitan (the literary universal) and the vernacular (the rootedness in a particular culture or place) interact in ways that have not yet been thoroughly explored. The eBook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:304 pages
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Publication Date:10/02/2022
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- ISBN:9781501374241
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Only a few left - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:304 pages
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Publication Date:10/02/2022
- Category:
- ISBN:9781501374241
