Words in Collision : Multilingualism in English-Language Fiction.
Ross, Michael L.
2023
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Title
Words in Collision : Multilingualism in English-Language Fiction.
Author
Ross, Michael L.
Edition
1st ed.
ISBN
9780228017776
9780228016977
Published
Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2023.
Copyright
©2023.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (225 pages).
Dewey Decimal Classification
823.0934
Summary
For centuries, English-language writers have borrowed words and phrases from other languages in their fictional works. Words in Collision explores consequences of this tradition of language-mixing, asking why writers employ "foreign" phrases in their English-language texts and how this practice has evolved over time and place.
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Words in Collision
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Contents
Acknowledgments
1 Introduction: Intruders in the Text
PART ONE THE WESTERN CANON
2 Shakespeare and Company: Language Barriers and Penetrations
3 "Music to My Ears": Charlotte Brontë's French Immersion
4 Strange Encounters: Henry James's French Connection
5 Cosmopolitanism and Its Discontents: D.H. Lawrence
PART TWO POSTCOLONIAL LANGUAGE VARIANCE
6 As the Word Turns: Postcolonial Language Variance
7 "The Greatest Trick Colonialism Plays": Nigerian Novelists and the Question of Language
8 Languages of History: Anita Desai and Arundhati Roy
9 Conclusion: Cities of Strangers and the New Insularity
Notes
Works Cited
Index.

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