Barbara Bray, A Woman of Letters

Translator, Radio Producer, Scriptwriter, Critic, and Theatre Director

AvPascale Sardin

Inbunden, Engelska, 2024

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Beskrivning

Barbara Bray (1924-2010) was an English woman of letters who translated some hundred novels, plays, and essays from French to English and was Marguerite Duras’s preferred translator. She also collaborated with some of the most prestigious directors and playwrights of the 20th century – Harold Pinter, Samuel Beckett, Joseph Losey, and Franco Zeffirelli – helping them write screenplays and radioplays. This literary biography (re)evaluates in a textual, sociological, and historical perspective the social role of an English writer and translator in the history of ideas and contemporary art. Highlighting Bray’s influence in cultural transfers of ideas and literatures between France, Great Britain, and the United States, it renders visible the yet unrecognised work of a female mediator and creator. It nourishes the debate about women’s public voice and the representation of women in the media industries and contributes to enrich the ‘other’ history that is being currently written by feminist scholars around the world.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2024-11-27
Mått:152 x 229 x 17 mm
Vikt:453 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Routledge Research in Women's Literature
Antal sidor:216
Förlag:Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:9781032814278

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Pascale Sardin is Professor of English Literature and Translation Studies at Bordeaux Montaigne University (France). She is the author of several books on Samuel Beckett and has edited two volumes of the journal Palimpsestes. With José Francisco Fernández, she edited Samuel Beckett and the Languages of the World (2021). Recently, she also coedited Sexe and Gender in Samuel Beckett/Sexe et genre chez Samuel Beckett, Samuel Beckett Today /Aujourd’hui, 34 (1), 2022.

Innehållsförteckning

List of FiguresForeword by Francesca BrayAcknowledgmentsList of acronyms and abbreviations1. Introduction – ‘Transcending cultural differences’ (1924-1952)2. Working as Script Editor during the ‘Golden Age’ of radio drama in the 1950sBBC radio before and after the WarBray as Script EditorWorking with radio dramaMeeting Samuel BeckettPromoting Harold PinterA Broker of French CultureThe art of adapting foreign pieces for radioOn Leaving the BBC3. Freelancing for BBC radio in the 1960sMoving to ParisContinuity and ChangeOriginal WritingWorking with Talks and FeaturesA Humanist and a Feminist at WorkFighting for her Rights4. Working with the moving image in the 1970sFrom BBC radio to BBC TV (1964-1968)‘Transposing’ Proust’s ‘story of a vocation’GalileoIbn SaudAn Enabler5. A Celebrated Translator in the 1980sPrizes and recognitionTranslators and the publishing industryThe Battle of The LoverFrom Laurence Sterne to… Nestor Burma‘Translaborating’ with Samuel Beckett6. Conclusion – Dear Conjunction (1991-2010)A Bilingual Theatre Company in ParisA Literary ActivistIndex