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Classification – name: Literary studies
Author: Ira Nadel
Pages: 99-122
Publisher: A.M. Gorky Institute of World Literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IWL RAS Publ.)
Rights – description: Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 (СС BY-ND)
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Language of the publication: Russian
Type of document: Research Article
Collection: “Notes from Underground” by F.M. Dostoevsky in the Culture of Europe and America
DOI: https://doi.org/10.22455/978-5-9208-0668-0-99-122
Year of publication: 2021
Place of publication: Moscow
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Abstract:

The article presents an overview of the existing English versions of Dostoevsky’s Notes from Underground. All the translations use different strategies and language to convey the images and ideas of the novel. The translations are analyzed in the broader context of Dostoevsky’s reputation in Britain and the USA. The translators’ biographies, as well as introductions and afterwords included in the translations are also discussed in the article.

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Ira Nadel, Ph.D., Professor of English, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada.

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Keywords: Dostoevsky, Notes from Underground, translation, reception.

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