Circulation, Translation and Reception Across Borders: Italo Calvino's Invisible

Description: Circulation, Translation and Reception Across Borders by Elio Baldi, Cecilia Schwartz This volume offers a detailed analysis of selected cases in the reception, translation, and artistic reinterpretation of Italo Calvinos Invisible Cities (1972) around the world. FORMAT Hardcover CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description This volume offers a detailed analysis of selected cases in the reception, translation and artistic reinterpretation of Italo Calvinos Invisible Cities (1972) around the world.The book traces the many different ways in which Calvinos modern classic has been read, translated and adapted in Brazil, France, the Netherlands and Flanders, Mexico, Romania, Scandinavia, the USSR, China, Poland, Japan and Australia. It also offers analyses of the relation between Calvinos book and, respectively, the East and Africa, as well as reflections on the books inspiration for, and resonance in, dance, architecture and art. The volume thus traces the diversity in the reception and circulation of Invisible Cities in different countries and continents, offering a much wider framework for the discussion of Calvinos masterpiece than before, and a more detailed picture of its cultural and linguistic ramifications.This book will be of interest to scholars in Comparative Literature, World Literature, Translation Studies, Italian Studies, Romance Languages, European Studies, Dance, Architecture and Media Studies, as well as to scholars specialised in paratext and reception. Author Biography Elio Baldi is Assistant Professor in Romance languages and cultures at the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands.Cecilia Schwartz is Professor of Italian at Stockholm University, Sweden. Table of Contents Contents, List of Contributors, Introduction – Elio Baldi and Cecilia Schwartz, Part I, 1. Italo Calvinos Invisible Cities in Brazil: A Bridge Between Literature and Other Fields (Andréia Guerini), 2. Invisible Cities in France: The Values of the Six Memos in the French Translation and Retranslation (Sandra Garbarino), 3. Calvinos Invisible Cities in the Netherlands and Flanders: (In)visibilities in Translation and Reception (Elio Baldi and Linda Pennings), 4. Strategic Occidentalism in Mexico: Comparing Two Translations of Invisible Cities in the Context of the Generación de Medio siglo (Rodrigo Jardón Herrera and Sabina Longhitano), 5. Italo Calvinos Invisible Cities in Romania. A Pulviscular Presence (Corina Badelita), Part II, 6. Invisible Cities in Scandinavia — Editorial Journeys, Migrant Signs, and Paratextual Loops (Hanne Jansen and Cecilia Schwartz), 7. Un-Published Cities in the USSR. The Soviet Critical Reception of Italo Calvinos Invisible Cities (1973-1991) (Ilaria Sicari), 8. Italo Calvino and Invisible Cities in China: A Narrative Wonder (Nicoletta Pesaro), 9. Invisible Cities in Poland. A Journey Through Languages and Memory" (Anita Kos), Part III, 10. Invisible Cities in Japan – Fluid Resonances in Architecture and Literature (Filippo Cervelli and Claudia Dellacasa), 11. Calvino Travels to the East: Invisible Cities, Open Architecture, and Orientalism (Ecem Sarçayr), 12. Invisible Cities: a Performative Adaptation (Irene Fiordilino), 13. A Rhizomatic Acrostic in Africa through Calvinos Invisible Cities (Valentina Acava), 14. A Calvinian Architecture: An Italian-Born Artist Living in Australia (Domenico De Clario), Epilogue - An Italian perspective on the travels of Le città invisibili in the world (Andrea Palermitano), Index Details ISBN1032277653 Author Cecilia Schwartz Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd Series Routledge Studies in Literary Translation Year 2023 ISBN-13 9781032277653 Format Hardcover Subtitle Italo Calvinos Invisible Cities Around the World Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Edited by Cecilia Schwartz Illustrations 28 Tables, black and white; 1 Halftones, black and white; 1 Illustrations, black and white Audience Tertiary & Higher Education ISBN-10 1032277653 Publication Date 2023-12-15 Imprint Routledge UK Release Date 2023-12-15 DEWEY 853.914 Pages 306 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:159578517;

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