Author: Polezzi, Loredana
Title: Translating Travel : Contemporary Italian Travel Writing in English Translation
Description: Aldershot [UK], Ashgate Publishing, (2001). orig.boards. 24x15cm, vii,246 pp, Series: Studies in European Cultural Transition, Volume 12.. Minor rubbing. VG. dustwrapper. ¶ Contents: Introduction: The Paradox of Absence; The Case for ItalianTravel Writing; Travel Writing In Translation; Travel and /as Translation; Rewriting Tibet: Italian Travellers in EnglishTranslation; Crossing Borders & Exploiting Hybridity: Language, Gender, & Genre in the Works of Oriana Fallaci; Jumping Genres: Italo Calvino & the Question of Literariness; Different Journeys Along the River: Claudio Magris's Danubio & Its Translation; Conclusion: A Question of Distance.

Keywords: Literary Criticism, Italian Literature, Travel Writing, Translation, , , , ,