The Strange Loops of Translation by Robinson, Douglas

The Strange Loops of Translation (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781501382468)

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The Strange Loops of Translation by Robinson, Douglas

The Strange Loops of Translation

$39.95
The Strange Loops of Translation by Robinson, Douglas

The Strange Loops of Translation

$39.95
Format: Paperback
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One of the most exciting theories to emerge from cognitive science research over the past few decades has been Douglas Hofstadter's notion of "strange loops," from Gödel, Escher, Bach (1979). Hofstadter is also an active literary translator who has written about translation, perhaps most notably in his 1997 book Le Ton Beau de Marot, where he draws on his cognitive science research. And yet he has never considered the possibility that translation might itself be a strange loop.

In this book Douglas Robinson puts Hofstadter's strange-loops theory into dialogue with a series of definitive theories of translation, in the process showing just how cognitively and affectively complex an activity translation actually is.

Author: Douglas Robinson
ISBN-10: 1501382462
ISBN-13: 9781501382468
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Language: English
Published: 07/27/2023
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.71lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.50d
By Douglas Robinson
By Douglas Robinson
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Douglas Robinson is Chair Professor of English at Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, and is one of the world's leading experts on translation. He is the author or editor of two dozen books, including path-breaking publications in translation studies such as The Translator's Turn (1991), Translation and Taboo (1996), Translation and the Problem of Sway (2011), and The Dao of Translation (2015). He is also author of important works on postcoloniality, from Translation and Empire (1997) to Displacement and the Somatics of Postcolonial Culture (2013).

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