Translating Samuel Beckett around the World

Fernández, José Francisco; Sardin, Pascale

The global reception of Samuel Beckett raises numerous questions: in which areas of the world was Beckett first translated? Why were Beckett texts sometimes slow to penetrate certain cultures? How were national literatures impacted by Beckett's oeuvre? Translating Samuel Beckett around the World brings together leading researchers in Beckett studies to discuss these questions and explore the fate of Beckett in their own societies and national languages. The current text provides ample coverage of the presence of Beckett in geographical contexts normally ignored by literary criticism, and reveals unknown aspects of the 1969 Nobel Prize winner interacting with translators of his work in a number of different countries. 

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2021-08-04

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9783030717292

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-71730-8

Dimensions: 210.0cm x148.0cm

Pages: 263.0