Front matter
Routledge Research on Translation and Interpreting History
QUEERING TRANSLATION HISTORY
SHAKESPEARE’S SONNETS IN CZECH AND SLOVAK TRANSFORMATIONS
Introduction
Mapping the History of — and in - Queer Translation Studies The Method: Translating Sonnets 6
Overview 9
Notes on Terminology 11
Notes on Language 12
The First Czechoslovak Republic and the Second World War Socialist Czechoslovakia 15
The Velvet Revolution 21
Divided Paths after 1993 23
Shakespeare's Sonnets 28
The Sonnets in Czechoslovakia 34
The First Full Translation 35
The Six Socialist Sonnets 36
Book Production in Socialist Czechoslovakia 39
Socialist Censorship 42
Velvet Revolution, Divided Nations, and Eight More Sonnets
Gendering Languages 51 Gendering Sonnets 53 Gendering Translations 56 vill
Contents
Various Recipients 56 Female-Addressed Sonnets 57 Male-Addressed and Neutral Sonnets
The Lover 77
The Friend 81
From Lovers to Friends 83 Gods and Children 92
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