{"product_id":"worlding-sei-shonagon-the-pillow-book-in-translation","title":"Worlding SEI Shônagon: The Pillow Book in Translation","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Makura no Sôshi, or The Pillow Book as it is generally known in English, is a collection of personal reflections and anecdotes about life in the Japanese royal court composed around the turn of the eleventh century by a woman known as Sei Shônagon. Its opening section, which begins haru wa akebono, or \"spring, dawn,\" is arguably the single most famous passage in Japanese literature. Throughout its long life, The Pillow Book has been translated countless times. It has captured the European imagination with its lyrical style, compelling images and the striking personal voice of its author. Worlding Sei Shônagon guides the reader through the remarkable translation history of The Pillow Book in the West, gathering almost fifty translations of the \"spring, dawn\" passage, which span one-hundred-and-thirty-five years and sixteen languages. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMany of the translations are made readily available for the first time in this study. The versions collected in Worlding Sei Shônagon are an enlightening example of the many ways in which translations can differ from their source text, undermining the idea of translation as the straightforward transfer of meaning from one language to another, one culture to another. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePublished in English.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eValerie Henitiuk\u003c\/b\u003e is senior lecturer at the University of East Anglia and director of the British Centre for Literary Translation. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eEmbodied Boundaries\u003c\/i\u003e (2007, Gateway Press, Madrid) and co-editor of \u003ci\u003eOne Step towards the Sun\u003c\/i\u003e (2010, Rupantar, India). \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Ottawa Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50328204738834,"sku":"9780776607283","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e07c8573-0de4-4c4d-86c0-de73ec378f80.jpg?v=1727730929","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/worlding-sei-shonagon-the-pillow-book-in-translation","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}