TY - JOUR
TI - Polish Women Translators Outside the Canon. On a Forgotten Translation of Dostoyevsky’s The Devils
AU - Pytlak, Magdalena
TI - Polish Women Translators Outside the Canon. On a Forgotten Translation of Dostoyevsky’s The Devils
AB - 
	In 1928, two translations of Dostoevsky’s The Devils were published: one by Tadeusz Zagórski, another by an unknown woman signed as J.B. This article analyses both translations to understand why Zagórski’s version has become canonical. It seems that the main reasons for the privileged status of Zagórski’s translation are, on the one hand, its publisher’s strong position, and on the other – the visual aspect of the J.B. version. The J.B. edition was illustrated: the drawings depict the female characters of the novel. The illustrated plates present also excerpts selected from the novel, which are frequently amorous in tone. Most probably because of its distinctly feminine look, the J.B. translation of The Devils was superseded by Zagórski’s version.
VL - Numery anglojęzyczne
IS - Issue 24/2010 – Feminism and translation
PY - 2012
SN - 1425-6851
C1 - 1689-1864
SP - 163
EP - 178
DO - 10.4467/16891864ePC.12.012.0574 
UR - https://ejournals.eu/czasopismo/przekladaniec/artykul/polish-women-translators-outside-the-canon-on-a-forgotten-translation-of-dostoyevskys-the-devils
KW - canon
KW - translation series
KW - reception
KW - Dostoevsky