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Censorship, translation and English language fiction in people's Poland / Robert Looby

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Looby, Robert
Published
Leiden, Netherlands ; Boston [Massachusetts] : Brill Rodopi, 2015.
Copyright Date
©2015
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1 online resource (231 pages).
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Contents
Censorship, Translation and English Language Fiction in People's Poland -- Copyright -- Contents -- Chapter 1: Censors -- Chapter 2: Progressives -- Chapter 3: Others -- Chapter 4: Morals -- Chapter 5: Racists -- Chapter 6: Children -- Chapter 7: Translators -- Bibliography -- Index -- Earlier volumes in the APPROACHES TO TRANSLATION STUDIES series.
Summary
This book studies the influence of censorship on the selection and translation of English language fiction in the People¿́¿s Republic of Poland, 1944-1989. It analyses the differences between originals and their translations, taking into account the available archival evidence from the files of Poland¿́¿s Censorship Office, as well as the wider social and historical context. The book examines institutional censorship, self-censorship and such issues as national quotas of foreign literature, the varying severity of the regime, and criticism as a means to control literature. However, the emphasis remains firmly on how censorship affected the practice of translation. Translators shaped Polish perceptions of foreign literature from Charlie Chan books to Ulysses and from The Wizard of Oz to Moby-Dick. But whether translators conformed or rebelled, they were joined in this enterprise by censors and pulled into post-war Poland¿́¿s cultural power structures.
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ISBN
900429306X (e-book)
9789004293069 (electronic bk.)
9789004293052
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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