Distancing English
Subtitle: a chapter in the history of the inexpressible
By: Page Richards.
Publisher: Ohio State University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Columbus
Language: eng
Number of pages: 178
ISBN-13: 9780814207413
Subjects: English language -- United States -- History; American literature -- Foreign influences; Literature and society -- United States -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A tale of two languages: framing inadequacy; title: The ineffable and the inexpressible; title: Translation of English into English: the misfit as insider and 'damned serious humour'; title: Framing; title: The inexpressible and the thing itself.