Cultures in Contact: Translation and Reception of “I Promessi Sposi in 19th Century England
Author: Vittoria Intonti (Editor), Rosella Mallardi (Editor)
Publisher: Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Edition: New edition
Publication Date: 2011-10-30
Language: English
Paperback: 407 pages
ISBN-10: 3034306881
ISBN-13: 9783034306881
Book Description
Cultures in Contact deals with the complex cultural relations surrounding the translation and reception of Alessandro Manzoni’s novel I promessi sposi (1827) in nineteenth-century England and a few years later in America.
The critical and methodological perspective of this study rests on the most recent developments and final convergence of Translation Studies and Cultural Studies, and considers translation as a privileged locus of exchange and negotiation of values and ideologies.
The book analyses the situation of the target and source literatures and cultures at the time of the early translations, focusing on the systemic factors determining the selection of texts for translation. Particular attention has been devoted to the receiving context, considering how and why in England and in America the impact of Manzoni’s work was less significant than in France and Germany. A notable intra- and inter-linguistic interdependency of the English and French translations of I promessi sposi developed, and, in this perspective, the influence that the early French and English versions exercised on the definitive edition of I promessi sposi appears today critically relevant.
About the Author
Rosella Mallardi is Associate Professor of English Language and Literature at the Faculty of Foreign Languages and Literatures of the University of Bari. She is currently investigating the influences of photography on literature and culture in Europe and America during the 19th century.
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