American Wars : A Very Short Cultural History of War of the Worlds in N. American Translation

Type
conference paper
Date Issued
2016-07-08
Author(s)
Abstract
HG Wells's *The War of the Worlds* is an American text—if not by birth, then by naturalization. In this talk, I want to sketch the cultural and historical contexts of two North American translations of War of the Worlds. In calling this a history of “translation,” I’m referring not to strictly linguistic translation—although, as we will soon see, editors have substantially redacted and amended the text—but rather to the resignification that the text has undergone in different media and ideological environments.
Language
English
HSG Classification
contribution to scientific community
HSG Profile Area
SHSS - Kulturen, Institutionen, Maerkte (KIM)
Event Title
Anticipations. The HG Wells Society
Event Location
Woking, England
Event Date
08.-10.07.2016
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cultural studies

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SHSS - School of Huma...

Eprints ID
249905
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