Literary space/creative practice: Reading Ityala Lamawele in English today

Journal article

Abstract:: The new English translation of SEK Mqhayi's Ityala Lamawele (1914), The Lawsuit of the Twins (2018), is a major cultural event. Seen against the background of Ityala Lamawele's long and complex history as a published work, however, the new translation raises several important questions for readers today. Above all, by bringing the tensions between the intermediaries who shape the space of the literary and the creative practice of writers sharply into focus, it obliges readers to ask who conce...
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University of Oxford

Division:

HUMS

Department:

English Faculty

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Author

Publisher:: Taylor and Francis Publisher's website
Journal:: Current Writing: Text and Reception in Southern Africa Journal website
Volume:: 33
Issue:: 1
Pages:: 44-49
Publication date:: 2021-07-02
Acceptance date:: 2020-11-03
DOI:: 10.1080/1013929X.2021.1902063
EISSN:: 2159-9130
ISSN:: 1013-929X

Language:: English
Keywords:: Mqhayi

literary space

Achebe

creative practice

FFR

interculturality

translation

Coetzee
Pubs id:: 1157812
Local pid:: pubs:1157812
Deposit date:: 2021-01-22

Copyright holder:: The Editorial Board, Current Writing
Notes:: This is the accepted manuscript version of the article. The final version is available online from Taylor & Francis at: https://doi.org/10.1080/1013929X.2021.1902063

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