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In:The Fictions of Translation
Edited by Judith Woodsworth
[Benjamins Translation Library 139] 2018
► pp. 31–48

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Chapter 2
Gertrude Stein and the paradox of translation

Published online: 14 February 2018
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Article outline
  • A life in exile
  • Flaubert: A purported translation
  • Hugnet: A new way to write
  • Pétain: An aborted translation
  • Notes
  • References
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