The article presents various issues connected with cooperation between literary translators and their editors in the process of publication of translations of literary works within the frame of reference of Polish publishing market of the recent decades. The author proposes a list of qualities which should be expected from a good editor of…[Read more]

The article presents various issues connected with cooperation between literary translators and their editors in the process of publication of translations of literary works within the frame of reference of Polish publishing market of the recent decades. The author proposes a list of qualities which should be expected from a good editor of…[Read more]

The present paper discusses issues resulting from religious differences between the author and the translator, and influence of such differences upon resulting literary translations which are not only the translation from one language into another but also from one religion into another. The analysed material is a selection of religious poetry of…[Read more]

The present paper discusses issues resulting from religious differences between the author and the translator, and influence of such differences upon resulting literary translations which are not only the translation from one language into another but also from one religion into another. The analysed material is a selection of religious poetry of…[Read more]

Who Profits from Literary Translation? The article, originally inspired by the studies of Pascale Casanova and Pierre Bourdieu, attempts to answer the question who in Poland profits from literary translation. The concept of “profit” is understood very broadly, both in financial or economic context, and in context of the acquiring and losing cul…[Read more]

Who Profits from Literary Translation? The article, originally inspired by the studies of Pascale Casanova and Pierre Bourdieu, attempts to answer the question who in Poland profits from literary translation. The concept of “profit” is understood very broadly, both in financial or economic context, and in context of the acquiring and losing cul…[Read more]

Presentation of Polish literary translation market at the end of 2011, a development of the article published in 2000.

Presentation of Polish literary translation market at the end of 2011, a development of the article published in 2000.

The article begins with a brief presentation of the presence of English tourists in Italy, starting from the tradition of the Grand Tour to the mass tourism beginning in the mid-19th century. One of the English tourists who arrived in Italy was Edward Morgan Forster. The article concentrates on the influence of Italy upon Forster’s oeuvre, d…[Read more]

The article discusses the influence of mass tourism, especially originating from Great Britain, upon Italy at the turn of the 19th and the 20th century as presented in the early fiction of Edward Morgan Forster, especially the short story “The Eternal Moment”. The article opens with a historical overview of the presence of British tourists in the…[Read more]

The article presents English translations of the religious poetry of Maciej Kazimierz Sarbiewski in the 17th and the 18th century.

The article presents English translations of the religious poetry of Maciej Kazimierz Sarbiewski in the 17th and the 18th century.

The article presents English translations of the religious poetry of Maciej Kazimierz Sarbiewski in the 17th and the 18th century.

The article offers an analysis of a selection of English translations e.g. by Isaac Watts and Francis Mahony, written from the late 17th to the early 19th century, of Maciej Kazimierz Sarbiewski’s poems referring to Polish-Turkish wars of the early 17th century. The article offers an explanation of the attitudes presented by the translators to the…[Read more]

The article offers an analysis of a selection of English translations e.g. by Isaac Watts and Francis Mahony, written from the late 17th to the early 19th century, of Maciej Kazimierz Sarbiewski’s poems referring to Polish-Turkish wars of the early 17th century. The article offers an explanation of the attitudes presented by the translators to the…[Read more]

The article offers an analysis of a selection of English translations e.g. by Isaac Watts and Francis Mahony, written from the late 17th to the early 19th century, of Maciej Kazimierz Sarbiewski’s poems referring to Polish-Turkish wars of the early 17th century. The article offers an explanation of the attitudes presented by the translators to the…[Read more]

RuPaul’s Drag Race is one of the few reality television shows focusing on QLGBT (queer, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) identified individuals that has made it into mainstream consciousness. Drag Race provides a unique perspective on the ways that gender identity, sexuality, size, class, race, and ethnicity intersect and interact in…[Read more]

A study of pravṛtti and nivṛtti in the Sanskrit allegory, Jīvānandanam (“The Joy of Life”).

The article concentrates on two small and little known dramatic texts (pageants) written by E. M. Forster in the late 1930s entitled The Abinger Pageant and England’s Pleasant Land. The introductory part introduces the history of pageant in the early 20th century. The article presents briefly Forster’s earlier, mostly unsuccessful, dramatic exp…[Read more]

The article presents historical, literary, religious and political context in which interest in the poetry of the Baroque Neo-Latin poet Maciej Kazimierz Sarbiewski (1595-1640) appeared in the first half of the 18th century among English dissenters and non-conformists. The article concentrates on the best known and most prolific of the six…[Read more]