In a lucid, pioneering volume, willis barnstone explores the history and theory of literary translation as an art form. The structure of poetics of relation is based more on associative principles than on any steady progress toward irrefutable proof. It comprises an english translation of a lecture course given by vladimir. Pdf cognitive poetics in practice download ebook for free.
Arguing that literary translation goes beyond the transfer of linguistic information, the book emphasizes that imaginative originality resides as much in the translation as in the source text. The poetics of translation according to javier marias. Barnstones book should be respected for its scholarship and research and. Although the world recognizes one special book of scriptures, called in english the bible and an equivalent word in other. What barnstone says about translation history and theory has authority not only because of his genial erudition and his coherent perspective but also because of his own accomplishments in translating. History, theory, practice 9780300051896 by barnstone, willis and a great selection of similar new, used and collectible books available now at.