Ethical questions concerning humans’ relationship to nature have so far gained little attention in Translation Studies, whereas an eco-critical shift seems to be taking place in other human and social sciences. And yet translating, like any human activity, has environmental consequences. In addition to the concrete effects of translating, such as the exploitation and pollution […]
This volume, the latest in Oxford's edition of The Collected Works of Gerard Manley Hopkins, presents Hopkins at his most private and self-considering: there are mundane memoranda about neckties to purchase or letters to write, but also exacting revisions of poems. There are entries of quiet rapture, his attention caught by the unexpected sight of a […]
Arguing that sound is integral to Virginia Woolf's understanding of literature, Elicia Clements highlights how the sonorous enables Woolf to examine issues of meaning in language and art, elaborate a politics of listening, illuminate rhythmic and performative elements in her fiction, and explore how music itself provides a potential structural model that facilitates the innovation […]
Though contemporary European philosophy and critical theory have long had a robust engagement with Christianity, there has been no similar engagement with Buddhism—a surprising lack, given Buddhism’s global reach and obvious affinities with much of Continental philosophy. This volume fills that gap, focusing on “nothing”—essential to Buddhism, of course, but also a key concept in […]
The first anthology to investigate what contemporary notions of practice mean for art, tracing their development and speculating on where this leads.
The way in which theoretical discourses travel from one linguistic and cultural context to another, and the transformations they undergo along the way raise important theoretical questions. Different cultural practices with respect to translation, quotation and reference inevitably modify and recontextualise such discourses, enriching, limiting or reorienting the theoretical debate. Highlighting the innovative potential of […]