TOTALITARIAN (IN)EXPERIENCE IN LITERARY WORKS AND THEIR TRANSLATIONS : between east and west.: between east and west. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Contents: Intro; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; Chapter One; 1.1 Why 'attention' matters?; 1.2 The importance of linguistic universalism; 1.3 NSM explications; Chapter Two; 2.1 The social and family milieu; 2.2 Upbringing and literary expression; 2.3 Science -- enemy number one; 2.4 H. G. Wells and the importance of literature; 2.5 Concluding remarks; Chapter Three; 3.1 Empire -- a part of the family bloodstream; 3.2 Life in England; 3.3 Serving the Empire and the voluntary down and out; 3.4 The emergence of George Orwell and the Spanish War 3.5 Nineteen Eighty-Four as the culmination of Orwell's personal agenda3.6 Concluding remarks; Chapter Four; 4.1 Czes aw Mi osz -- a man of his century; 4.2 The changing axis of history; 4.3 A different kind of experience and The Captive Mind; 4.4 Zniewolony umys in translation; 4.5 The 'material' vs. the 'immaterial'; 4.6 Other notable interferences in the source text; 4.7 Concluding remarks; Chapter Five; 5.1 Tadeusz Konwicki and the importance of the past reflected in totalitarian literature; 5.2 The notion of sin and the eerie images of nature; 5.3 A new system is a new hope 5.4 The spooky ambience of a town5.5 Behind the scenes of The Polish Complex; 5.6 The concept of wolno vs. the concept of freedom; 5.7 Concluding remarks; Final Conclusions; References
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : CAMBRIDGE SCHOLARS PUBLIS
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource (xiii, 263 pages)
• Subjects: 809/.933581; Translation & interpretation; English fiction; Polish literature; Science fiction, English; Totalitarianism in literature; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary; Society & social sciences; Cultural studies; Totalitarianism in literature; English fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism; Science fiction, English -- 20th century -- History and criticism; English fiction -- Translations; Polish literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism; Polish literature -- Translations; Criticism, interpretation, etc; Translations; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781527519992; 1527519996
• Related ISBNs: 1527511847; 9781527511842
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 256-263).; Note: Print version record.
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