Tag: Translation Studies
The Long Road to Monte Cristo: Choosing the Right English Edition of Dumas’s Epic
Best Translation of The Count of Monte Cristo is, for most adult readers, Robin Buss’s complete Penguin Classics version: it…
Historia del poder político en España English Translation: Why Villacañas’s History of Power Matters
Bookinlight · Untranslated Books José Luis Villacañas’s 2014 book is a 1,500-year anatomy of ruling classes, constitutional breakdown and the…
Barnes & Noble Classics and the Limits of the Bargain Edition
A Barnes & Noble Classics review has to separate the coherent cover system from the books inside it. Launched in…
The Red Spine and the Moving Canon: What Vintage Classics Is For
A Vintage Classics review has to look past the red spine. The series succeeds brilliantly as a trade library: visually…
Best Translation of Les Misérables: A Practical Guide to the Major English Editions
Best Translation of Les Misérables depends on whether you value textual completeness, modern readability, historical notes, continuity with the novel’s…
Une histoire populaire de la France: Why Gérard Noiriel’s History Needs an English Translation
Gérard Noiriel’s monumental social history, first published in France in 2018, reconstructs the nation through taxation, labour, revolt, empire, migration…
Oxford World’s Classics: A Complete Guide to the Series
This Oxford World’s Classics review examines Oxford University Press’s long-running attempt to make serious editions function as inexpensive reading copies.…
Best Translation of the Iliad: A Practical Reader’s Guide to Editions and Translations
Best Translation of the Iliad is best understood as a question about use rather than a universal verdict. Homer’s poem…
