Languages, Cultures and Visual Studies: Recent submissions
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The Silhouette of a Translator: Marian Fell and Russian Culture
(Modern Humanities Research Association (MHRA), 7 October 2023)Marian Fell Vans Agnew (1886–1935), a largely-forgotten American translator of Russian literature, was among the first to introduce Anton Chekhov and Vladimir Korolenko to Anglophone audiences. As a teenager, Fell lived ... -
The Voice in the Snow: Rediscovering Olga Carlisle as a Mediator of Russian Culture
(Modern Humanities Research Association (MHRA), 7 October 2023)This article evaluates, for the first time from a Translation Studies perspective, the cultural and humanitarian contribution of the Paris-born, ethnically Russian literary translator and editor Olga Carlisle. It identifies ... -
Dare to wear: performing the prohibition of indiennes on the streets of Paris
(Routledge, 5 June 2023)This chapter analyses a set of Paris police documents from 1727-1738 that record infractions of the protectionist ban on wearing indiennes. These were popular colourful fabrics imported from the East, which were also ... -
What is the moral of ‘Morale du joujou’? Toys and the interconnections between human and thing
(Routledge, 1 September 2023)This article focuses on human-thing interconnections in Baudelaire’s 1853 essay on toys, ‘Morale du joujou’, and shows how their entanglement finds echoes in his aesthetic writing. The article shows how the essay on toys ... -
Embodied and experiential immersion into transculturality: learning Italian thorough ethnography and translation
(Vernon Press, 29 August 2023)How can educators contribute to heightening the understanding of Italian culture? How can they improve students’ acquisition of the Italian language? How can they increase opportunities for experiential learning? This ...