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Author Kamovnikova, Natalʹi︠a︡, author.

Title Made under pressure : literary translation in the Soviet Union, 1960-1991 / Natalia Kamovnikova
Published Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2019]

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 272 pages)
Series Studies in print culture and the history of the book
Studies in print culture and the history of the book.
Contents Introduction: a round unvarnished tale of the whole course of love -- The closed society and its literary translation practices -- Censorship and the Russian publishing system through history -- The pyramid of subordination -- Literary translation and means of social control in the Soviet Union -- The making of a translator: old controversies and new friendship -- Literary translation as a profession -- Commissions, earnings, and Union of Writers -- Poetry in translation -- To match or not to match -- The invisible hand of censorship -- A farewell to fear -- Translation activism -- Conclusion
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 05, 2019)
Subject Literature -- Translations into Russian -- History and criticism
Translating and interpreting -- Soviet Union
Soviet literature -- Translations -- History and criticism
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- Miscellaneous.
Literature -- Translations into Russian
Translating and interpreting
Soviet Union
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2018044430
ISBN 9781613765814
1613765800
9781613765807
1613765819