Lives in Translation

Bilingual Writers on Identity and Creativity

AvIsabelle de Courtivron,Kenneth A. Loparo

Häftad, Engelska, 2009

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Beskrivning

Many writers work in a language other than their mother tongue. In this collection, writers explore the role that bilingualism has played in their creative lives and their sense of self. Contributors include Anita Desai, Ariel Dorfman, Eva Hoffman, Nuala Ni Dhomnail, Ilan Stavans, Assia Djebar and Yoko Tawanda.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2009-05-07
Mått:140 x 216 x 11 mm
Vikt:278 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:171
Upplaga:2004
Förlag:Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN:9780230610705

Utforska kategorier

Kulturvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik
Litteraturvetenskap inom Skönlitteratur
Litteraturvetenskap inom Skönlitteratur

Mer om författaren

Anita DesaiAssia DjebarAriel DorfmanShirley Geok-lin LimEva hoffmanNancy HustonSylvia MalloyNuala Ni DhomnailJosé F.A. OliverLeIla SebbarAnton ShammasIlan StavansYoko TawadaIsabelle de Courtivron

Recensioner i media

'Fascinating reading for anyone with an interest in or first-hand experience with bi- or multilingulism' -Gunilla Anderman, Comparative Literature Studies

Innehållsförteckning

Various Lives; A.Desai Writing on the Language of the Other; A.Djebar The Wandering Bigamists of Language; A.Dorfman The Im/Possibility of Life-Writing in Two Languages; S.Geok, l.Lim & E.Hoffman The Mask and the Pen; N.Huston Bilingualism, Writing, and the Feeling of Not Quite Being There; S.Malloy Linguistic Ecology: Preventing a Great Loss; N.N. Dhomnail To Write and Eye Words; J.F.A.Oliver Arabic: The Silenced Father-Tongue; L.Sebbar The Drowned Library (Personal Reflections on Found, Lost, and Translated Books and Languages); A.Shammas My Love Affair with Spanglish; I.Stavans Writing in the Web of Words; Y.Tawada Memoirs of a Bilingual Daughter; I.de Courtivron