Translation and the arts in modern France

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"Translation and the Arts in Modern France' sits at the intersection of transposition, translation, and ekphrasis, finding resonances in these areas across periods, places, and forms. Within these contributions, questions of colonization, subjugation, migration, and exile connect Benin to Brittany, and political philosophy to the sentimental novel and to film. Focusing on cultural production from 1830 to the present and privileging French culture, the contributors explore interactions with other cultures, countries, and continents, often explicitly equating intercultural permeability with representational exchange. In doing so, the book exposes the extent to which moving between media and codes the very process of translation and transposition is a defining aspect of creativity across time, space, and disciplines."--Back cover.

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Transposing genre, translating culture / Marshall C. Olds -- Translating Bretonness--colonizing Brittany / Heather Williams -- Baudelaire and Hiawatha / L. Cassandra Hamrick -- Migration and nostalgia : reflections from contemporary cinema / Emma Wilson -- Parisian décors : Balzac, the city, and the armchair traveller / Michael Tilby -- The landscapes of Eugène Fromentin and Gustave Moreau / Barbara Wright -- Translating the aesthetic impression : the art writing of 'Marc' de Montifaud / Wendelin Guentner -- Zola's transpositions / Robert Lethbridge -- Transposition and re-invention : Rodin's vision / Sonya Stephens - The mummy’s dance : staged transpositions of Gautier's Egyptian tales / Juliana Starr -- Translating the self : Colette and the "fatally autobiographical" text / Janet Beizer -- René Char : translating a mountain / Mary Ann Caws -- Translations and the re-conception of voice in modern verse / Clive Scott -- Rethinking originality : making us see : contemporary art's strategic transpositions / Catherine Bernard.