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9780203876565

Translation under State Control : Books for Young People in the German Democratic Republic

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  • ISBN13:

    9780203876565

  • ISBN10:

    0203876563

  • Copyright: 2009-06-25
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis

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In this book, Gaby Thomson-Wohlgemuth explores the effects of ideology on the English-to-German translation of children s literature under the socialist regime of the former German Democratic Republic.

Table of Contents

East Germany - History 1945-1989
GDR Developments in Adult and Children's Literature
Publishers and the Lion's Den
What the Files Say
Case Studies: Hugh Lofting, Doktor Dolittle und seine Tiere; J.R.R. Tolkien, Der kleine Hobbit; Roald Dahl, Hexen hexen; Crime and detective literature
If in Doubt, Spell It Out
Conclusion
History of the publishers, Verlag Neues Leben and Kinderbuchverlag
Official GDR Language Groupings
Selection of Translated Crime and Detective Publications
Corpus of Translated Children's Literature (1961-1989)
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