{"product_id":"the-poetics-of-translation","title":"The Poetics of Translation","description":"\u003cp\u003eTranslation is a vital method of not just reading but writing and forms the basis of an exciting range of critical, artistic, and literary opportunities.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCombining close readings of literary texts alongside astute critical observations from works by Avital Ronell and Walter Benjamin, amongst others, \u003cem\u003eThe Poetics of Translation\u003c\/em\u003e re-examines key translation studies concepts, challenging our sometimes pragmatic understanding of translation and asking what it is that the discipline can make visible. By highlighting the possibilities of translation as an art form in contemporary innovative writing practices, Geneviève Robichaud reveals translation’s creative and critical potential, arguing that even those literary works that are not exactly translations gain in being apprehended as such. \u003cem\u003eThe Poetics of Translation\u003c\/em\u003e values oblique, even unfinished sources of meaning, dwelling in the speculative spaces of texts and drawing attention to translation as poiesis, as creating that which is tangible and valuable.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSituated at the juncture of translation poetics and literary studies, the book celebrates the uncertainty of translation, the plasticity of language and ideas, and the desire to interpret rather than reiterate.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"Geneviève Robichaud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43576104681654,"sku":"9780228021957","price":35.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0251\/4980\/0541\/files\/9780228021957_3f06dd76-64f3-4e92-b3c2-3bdf555decff.jpg?v=1728646584","url":"https:\/\/combined-academic.myshopify.com\/products\/the-poetics-of-translation","provider":"Combined Academic Publishers - Mare Nostrum Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}