Barbara Wright

Translation as Art

Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism
Cover of the book Barbara Wright by , Dalkey Archive Press
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: ISBN: 9781564789860
Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press Publication: August 1, 2013
Imprint: Dalkey Archive Press Language: English
Author:
ISBN: 9781564789860
Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
Publication: August 1, 2013
Imprint: Dalkey Archive Press
Language: English

Legendary publisher and writer John Calder said of Barbara Wright that she was "the most brilliant, conscientious and original translator of 20th century French literature." Wright introduced to an English-speaking readership and audience some of the most innovative French literature of the last hundred years: a world without Alfred Jarry's Ubu, Raymond Queneau'sZazie, and Robert Pinget's Monsieur Songe scarcely bears thinking about. This wonderful collection of texts about and by Barbara Wright—including work by David Bellos, Breon Mitchell, and Nick Wadley, as well as a previously unpublished screenplay written and translated by Wright in collaboration with Robert Pinget—begins the work of properly commemorating a figure toward whom all of English letters owes an unpayable debt.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

Legendary publisher and writer John Calder said of Barbara Wright that she was "the most brilliant, conscientious and original translator of 20th century French literature." Wright introduced to an English-speaking readership and audience some of the most innovative French literature of the last hundred years: a world without Alfred Jarry's Ubu, Raymond Queneau'sZazie, and Robert Pinget's Monsieur Songe scarcely bears thinking about. This wonderful collection of texts about and by Barbara Wright—including work by David Bellos, Breon Mitchell, and Nick Wadley, as well as a previously unpublished screenplay written and translated by Wright in collaboration with Robert Pinget—begins the work of properly commemorating a figure toward whom all of English letters owes an unpayable debt.

More books from Dalkey Archive Press

Cover of the book One Spoon on This Earth by
Cover of the book J R by
Cover of the book An Unwritten Novel by
Cover of the book The Word "Desire" by
Cover of the book Self-Control by
Cover of the book Bowstring by
Cover of the book Waiting: stories by
Cover of the book Dolly City by
Cover of the book The Last Days of Louisiana Red by
Cover of the book Day in the Life by
Cover of the book In Search of the Grail by
Cover of the book Adam in Eden by
Cover of the book City of Ulysses by
Cover of the book Death of Lysanda by
Cover of the book Scar by
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy