Fénelon, Offenbach and the Iliad in Arabic, Robinson Crusoe 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.
Whether 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.
| ISBN: | 9781474439008 |
| Publication date: | 28th February 2021 |
| Author: | Marilyn Booth |
| Publisher: | Edinburgh University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 368 pages |
| Series: | Edinburgh Studies on the Ottoman Empire |
| Genres: |
Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000 Social groups: religious groups and communities Middle Eastern history Islam Comparative literature Translation and interpretation Literature: history and criticism |
Fénelon, Offenbach and the Iliad in Arabic, Robinson Crusoe 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. Whether 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.
Migrating Texts features in the following genres: Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Social groups: religious groups and communities, Middle Eastern history, Islam, Comparative literature, Translation and interpretation, Literature: history and criticism
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Migrating Texts was written by Marilyn Booth and published by Edinburgh University Press
Migrating Texts has 368 pages
Yes it is part of Edinburgh Studies on the Ottoman Empire series
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