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From the time of the first written sacred texts in the West, taboo has proscribed the act and art of translation. So argues the author of this book, exploring the age-old prohibition of translation of sacred texts. He shows how similar taboos influence interculture exchange.

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"An unusual book of great interest.... Grips the reader in the wide variety of material Robinson brings together."—Times Literary Supplement
"Certain to become a key text."—Library Journal
"An extraordinarily provocative, challenging, passionately engaged book, one that will leave no one indifferent."—Samuel Weber, UCLA



Table of Contents

Table of Contents
Preface
The Translations of Lucius
The Divided Self
Magical Doubles
Bibliography
Index

Translation and Taboo

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      Publisher: MB - Cornell University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 4/1/1996 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780875805719, 978-0875805719
      ISBN10: 087580571X

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      From the time of the first written sacred texts in the West, taboo has proscribed the act and art of translation. So argues the author of this book, exploring the age-old prohibition of translation of sacred texts. He shows how similar taboos influence interculture exchange.

      Trade Review

      "An unusual book of great interest.... Grips the reader in the wide variety of material Robinson brings together."—Times Literary Supplement
      "Certain to become a key text."—Library Journal
      "An extraordinarily provocative, challenging, passionately engaged book, one that will leave no one indifferent."—Samuel Weber, UCLA



      Table of Contents

      Table of Contents
      Preface
      The Translations of Lucius
      The Divided Self
      Magical Doubles
      Bibliography
      Index

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