The Many Voices of Lydia Davis: Translation, Rewriting, Intertextuality

by Jonathan Evans

Overview

The Many Voices of Lydia Davis shows how translation, rewriting and intertextuality are central to the work of Lydia Davis, a major American writer, translator and essayist.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781474431569
Publisher:	Edinburgh University Press
Publication date:	02/22/2018
Series:	Edinburgh Critical Studies in Literary Translation
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	176
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x (d)

About the Author

Jonathan Evans is a Senior Lecturer in Translation Studies at the University of Portsmouth.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction;
2. Blanchot and Affinity;
3. Leiris and Dialogue;
4. Proust and Rewriting;
5. Flaubert and Authority;
6. Marie Curie and Parody;
7. Translation as Composition;
Bibliography.

What People are Saying About This

Lucile Desblache - University of Roehampton

This book focuses on the work of Lydia Davis but offers much more than an exploration of her translations. Jonathan Evans challenges us to rethink the relationships between writing, re-writing and translation. His in-depth analyses and elegant writing will engage all those interested in literature to reconsider the place of translation in shaping creative outputs.

Editorial Reviews

Jonathan Evans' book makes a significant and much-needed contribution to the nascent field of Lydia Davis scholarship.
The Many Voices will prove a timely resource for those scholars interested in Lydia Davis' narrative strategies as well as the theoretical underpinnings of translation research.
— Owen Harrington Fernandez, Translation and Literature

From the Publisher

Evans’ ground-breaking contribution results from a shift in research perspective... Evans explores the reciprocal relationship between Davis’ translation and writing.

Meta, Volume 64, Issue1 - Miao Li

Jonathan Evans’ book makes a significant and much-needed contribution to the nascent field of Lydia Davis scholarship.

Translation and Literature, 26 (2017) - Owen Harrington Fernandez

This book focuses on the work of Lydia Davis but offers much more than an exploration of her translations. Jonathan Evans challenges us to rethink the relationships between writing, re-writing and translation. His in-depth analyses and elegant writing will engage all those interested in literature to reconsider the place of translation in shaping creative outputs.

Lucile Desblache - University of Roehampton