{"product_id":"migrating-texts-marilyn-booth-9781474439008","title":"Migrating Texts: Circulating Translations Around the Ottoman Mediterranean","description":"\u003cp\u003eF nelon, Offenbach and the \u003cem\u003eIliad\u003c\/em\u003e in Arabic, \u003cem\u003eRobinson Crusoe\u003c\/em\u003e in Turkish, the Bible in Greek-alphabet Turkish, excoriated French novels circulating through the Ottoman Empire in Greek, Arabic and Turkish - literary translation at the eastern end of the Mediterranean offered worldly vistas and new, hybrid genres to emerging literate audiences in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhether to propagate 'national' language reform, circulate the Bible, help audiences understand European opera, argue for girls' education, institute pan-Islamic conversations, introduce political concepts, share the Persian Gulistan with Anglophone readers in Bengal, or provide racy fiction to schooled adolescents in Cairo and Istanbul, translation was an essential tool. But as these essays show, translators were inventors. And their efforts might yield surprising results. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Marilyn Booth\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1474439004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781474439008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Edinburgh University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/16\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.13lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.76d","brand":"Marilyn Booth","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43982864646399,"sku":"9781474439008","price":36.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7a4551cb-eb16-491a-8ea9-0d82ec29d9c3.jpg?v=1683263419","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/migrating-texts-marilyn-booth-9781474439008","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}