An extended discussion of the impact of classical and European literature on Woolf's writing. Cover -- VIRGINIA WOOLF AND THE MIGRATIONS OF LANGUAGE -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- The migrations of...
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An extended discussion of the impact of classical and European literature on Woolf's writing. Cover -- VIRGINIA WOOLF AND THE MIGRATIONS OF LANGUAGE -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- The migrations of language: introduction -- CHAPTER 1 Translation and ethnography in "On Not Knowing Greek" -- CHAPTER 2 Antigone and the public language -- CHAPTER 3 Tolstoy, Dostoyevsky, and the Russian soul -- CHAPTER 4 Proust and the fictions of the unconscious -- CHAPTER 5 Translation and iterability -- CHAPTER 6 Assia Djebar and the poetics of lamentation -- Conclusion -- Bibliography of works cited -- Index.
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Machine generated contents note: Introduction; 1. Translation and ethnography in 'On Not Knowing Greek'; 2. Antigone and the public language; 3. Tolstoy, Dostoyevsky, and the Russian soul; 4. Proust and the fictions of the unconscious; 5. Translation and iterability; 6. Assia Djebar and the poetics of lamentation; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.
