{"product_id":"the-afterlife-of-texts-in-translation-understanding-the-messianic-in-literature-hardcover","title":"The Afterlife of Texts in Translation: Understanding the Messianic in Literature - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEdmund Chapman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Afterlife of Texts in Translation: Understanding the Messianic in Literature\u003c\/i\u003e reads Walter Benjamin's and Jacques Derrida's writings on translation as suggesting that texts exist within a process of continual translation. Understanding Benjamin's and Derrida's concept of 'afterlife' as 'overliving', this book proposes that reading Benjamin's and Derrida's writings on translation in terms of their wider thought on language and history suggests that textuality itself possesses a 'messianic' quality. Developing this idea in relation to the many rewritings and translations of \u003ci\u003eDon Quijote\u003c\/i\u003e, particularly the multiple rewritings by Jorge Luis Borges, Edmund Chapman asserts that texts consist of a structure of potential for endless translation that continually promises the overcoming of language, history and textuality itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdmund Chapman\u003c\/b\u003e has taught English Literature and French at the University of Manchester, UK. He is a co-editor of \u003ci\u003eNew Voices in Translation Studies\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 140\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.38 x 8.27 x 5.83 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 28, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51793010819360,"sku":"9783030324513","price":89.08,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/e4efc37cd7e89a09583690d35bc92530.webp?v=1780712395","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-afterlife-of-texts-in-translation-understanding-the-messianic-in-literature-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}