Crossing Frontiers Cultural Exchange and Conflict |
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| Volume Editor:
| Burns, Barbara
Charnley, Joy |
| Series title: | Internationale Forschungen Zur Allgemeinen und Vergleichenden Literaturwissenschaft Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-90-420-2997-2 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2010 |
| Publisher: | BRILL
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $102.00 |
Book Description:
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This volume brings together two very popular and active research fields: Swiss Studies and Intercultural Studies. It includes contributions on the movement of ideas, literatures, and individuals from one culture to another or one language to another, and the ways in which they have been either assimilated or questioned. All of the writers explore this general theme; some come from a literary angle, some look at linguistic inventiveness and translation, whilst others study the problems...
More DescriptionThis volume brings together two very popular and active research fields: Swiss Studies and Intercultural Studies. It includes contributions on the movement of ideas, literatures, and individuals from one culture to another or one language to another, and the ways in which they have been either assimilated or questioned. All of the writers explore this general theme; some come from a literary angle, some look at linguistic inventiveness and translation, whilst others study the problems faced when crossing geographical and cultural borders or presenting ideas which do not 'travel' well. By emphasising the connections, borrowings and mutual influences between Switzerland and other countries such as Germany, Hungary, France, the UK, and the Americas, the articles reaffirm the importance for Switzerland of intellectual openness and cultural exchange.