Translation and Its Dyscontents

Opening lines are often the most quoted and remembered parts of a story: Proust's Longtemps, je me suis couché de bonne heure, Cervantes's En un lugar de la Mancha, de cuyo nombre no quiero acordarme, Kafka's Als Gregor Samsa eines Morgens aus unruhigen Träumen erwachte, Dickens'...

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Published in:World literature today 2005-05, Vol.79 (2), p.37-41
Main Author: Rabassa, Gregory
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Autobiographical literature
Comparative literature
Hopscotch
Ice
Literature
Memoir
Novels
Oral poetry
Rabassa, Gregory
Solitude
Translation
Translations
Treason
World literature
Writers
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Summary:Opening lines are often the most quoted and remembered parts of a story: Proust's Longtemps, je me suis couché de bonne heure, Cervantes's En un lugar de la Mancha, de cuyo nombre no quiero acordarme, Kafka's Als Gregor Samsa eines Morgens aus unruhigen Träumen erwachte, Dickens's H was the best of times, it was the worst of times.
ISSN:0196-3570
1945-8134
DOI:10.2307/40158670