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193 - Shakespeare Translations in Asia

from Part XIX - Translation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 August 2019

By
Reiko Oya
Edited by
Bruce R. Smith
Edited in association with
Katherine Rowe
With
Ton Hoenselaars ,
Akiko Kusunoki ,
Andrew Murphy  and
Aimara da Cunha Resende
Bruce R. Smith
Affiliation:
University of Southern California
Katherine Rowe
Affiliation:
Smith College, Massachusetts
Ton Hoenselaars
Affiliation:
Universiteit Utrecht, The Netherlands
Akiko Kusunoki
Affiliation:
Tokyo Woman’s Christian University, Japan
Andrew Murphy
Affiliation:
Trinity College Dublin
Aimara da Cunha Resende
Affiliation:
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil
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adaptationAsiaBritish EmpireChinaChinese Shakespearecolonialismdrama translationfaithful translationHinduIndiaIndian ShakespeareJapanJapanese ShakespeareKashmiri, Agha HashrKawai, ShoichiroKoreaLamb, CharlesLamb, MaryLiang, ShiqiuLin, Shuliterary translationlocal adjustmentsMatsuoka, KazukoMenon, Vallathol MarayanaprosodyShakespeare translationTales from ShakespeareTian, HantranslationtranslatorTsubouchi, ShoyoWesternization
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The Cambridge Guide to the Worlds of Shakespeare , pp. 1399 - 1405
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2016

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Bassnett, Susan, and Trivedi, Harish, eds. Post-colonial Translation: Theory and Practice. London: Routledge, 1999.Google Scholar
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Trivedi, Poonam, and Bartholomeusz, Dennis, eds. India’s Shakespeare: Translation, Interpretation, and Performance. Newark: U of Delaware P, 2005.Google Scholar

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