While translation history in Canada is well documented, the history of the translation of Canadian fiction outside the nation remains obscure. Les Belles Étrangères examines the translation of Canadian English-language fiction in France. This book considers the history of this practice, the reasons for the move away from Quebec translators as well as the process and perils involved in this detour.
Within a theoretical framework and drawing on primary sources, this study considers the historical, theoretical, and concrete aspects of this practice through the study of the translations of authors such as Robertson Davies, Carol Shields, Margaret Atwood, Michael Ondaatje, Ann-Marie MacDonald, and Alistair MacLeod.
The book also includes a comprehensive bibliography of English-language novels, poetry, and plays published and translated in France over the past 240 years.
Authors
- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes
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- CaOOCEL
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- C813/.5409
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 22
- General Note
- Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
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- n-cn---
- ISBN
- 9780776617473 9780776606712
- LCCN
- P306
- LCCN Item number
- K683 2008eb
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- CaBNVSL
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- CaOONL
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (181 p.)
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- CaOOCEL
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- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
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- (CaBNVSL)slc00222126 (OCoLC)753328623 (CaOOCEL)424739
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- Mode of access: World Wide Web
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- CaOONL
Table of Contents
- Table of Contents 10
- Introduction: The Canadians in Paris 12
- Chapter One: Translating the (Canadian) Other 16
- Chapter Two: From Canada with Lit.: Eight Postcards Mavis Gallant, Nancy Huston, Robertson Davies, Carol Shields, Margaret Atwood, Michael Ondaatje, Ann-Marie MacDonald, Alistair MacLeod 52
- Mavis Gallant, 54
- Nancy Huston, 69
- Robertson Davies, 84
- Carol Shields, 90
- Margaret Atwood, 102
- Michael Ondaatje, 111
- Ann-Marie MacDonald, 117
- Alistair MacLeod 122
- Chapter Three: From "Quelqites arpents de neige" to Two Hundred Years of Solicitude: A Bibliography of English-Canadian Literature Translated and Published in France 130
- Notes 168
- Bibliography of Works Cited 176
- Index 188
- A 188
- B 188
- C 188
- D 189
- E 189
- F 189
- G 189
- H 190
- I 190
- J 190
- L 190
- M 191
- N 191
- O 191
- P 191
- Q 191
- R 191
- S 191
- T 192
- U 192
- V 192
- W 192
- Z 192
