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TRANSLATIONS FROM FRENCH AND GERMAN
A. TRANSLATIONS FROM FRENCH: BOOKS
1. The Practice of Everyday Life (Les Arts de faire ), by Michel de Certeau. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, l984.
2. History and Memory (Histoire et mémoire ), by Jacques Le Goff. New York: Columbia University Press, 1992. With Elizabeth Claman.
3. Astrea (Astrée ), by Honoré d'Urfé. Vol. I (1607). With a critical introduction. Binghamton: State University of New York Press (Medieval and Renaissance Texts and Studies series), 1995.
4. The Torments of Love (Les Angoysses douloureuses qui procedent d'amours), by Helisenne de Crenne (1538). Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1996. With Lisa Dow Neal.
5. Hitler (Hitler ), by Marlis Steinert. Commissioned and accepted by W. W. Norton (New York) but never published.
6. Black Fire on White Fire: An Essay on Jewish Hermeneutics (Feu noir sur feu blanc: Un essai sur l'herméneutique juïve), by Betty Rojtman. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1997.
7. The Hidden Encyclical of Pius XII (L'Encyclique cachée de Pie XI: une occasion manquée de l'Église face à l'antisémitisme), by G. Passelecq and B. Suchecky. New York: Harcourt Brace, 1997.
8. Jacob, Menahem, and Mimoun: A Family Epic (Jacob, Ménahem, et Mimoun: Une épopée familiale), by Marcel Bénabou. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1998. Winner of the Jewish Book Council's Sandra Brand and Arik Weintraub Award, 1999.
9. Art in the Modern Age (L'art de l'âge moderne), by J.-M. Schaeffer. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2000.
10. Men of Learning at the End of the Middle Ages (Les Hommes de savoir à la fin du Moyen Âge), by Jacques Verger. Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 2000. With Lisa Dow Neal.
11. On Private Indirect Government (Du gouvernement privé indirect), by Achille Mbembe. United Kingdom: African Books Collective, 2002.
12. The Rosetta Stone (La pierre de Rosette ), by Robert Solé and Dominique Valbelle. London: Profile Books, 2001.
13. Dump This Book While You Still Can (Jette ce livre avant qu'il soit trop tard), by Marcel Bénabou. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2001.
14. Until Death Do Us Part (La rage au coeur ), by Ingrid Betancourt. New York: HarperCollins. 2002.
15. The Political Economy of Post-Adjustment: Towards New Theories and Strategies of Development (Vers un nouveau contrat pour l'Afrique), by Hakim Ben Hammouda. London: Ashgate, 2003.
16. To Write on Tamara? (Écrire sur Tamara), by Marcel Bénabou. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2004.
17. Before Mao: Li Lisan and the Untold Story of the Creation of Communist China (L'Empire rouge: Moscou-Pekin, 1919-1989), by Patrick Lescot. New York: Ecco (HarperCollins), 2004. (Published in the U.K. under the title The Red Empires: A Tale of Love Divided . John Wiley and Sons, 2004).
18. The Story of the Marquise/Marquis de Banneville (L'Histoire de la marquise-marquis de Banneville), by the Abbe de Choisy. New York: MLA Texts and Translations Series. 2004.
19. Eretria, A Guide to the Ancient City (Erétrie, Guide de la cité antique ), ed. Pierre Ducrey et al. Athens: Swiss School of Archaeology in Greece. 2004.
20. The Illusion of Cultural Identity (L'Illusion identitaire), by Jean-François Bayart. London: Hurst, 2005; Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2005.
21. Resistance: The Human Struggle Against Infection (Les Microbes aussi ont une histoire: Des épidémies de peste aux menaces de guerre bactériologique), by Norbert Gualde. Washington, DC: Dana Press, 2006. Selected for Choice 's list of Outstanding Academic Titles, 2007.
22. Cannibal Island: Death in a Siberian Gulag (L'ile aux cannibales. 1933, une déportation-abandon en Sibérie), by Nicolas Werth. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2007.
23. The Geopolitics of Africa (La Géopolitique de l'Afrique), by Philippe Hugon. Princeton: Markus Wiener, 2007.
24. Hitler's High Society (La Vie mondaine sous le nazisme ), by Fabrice D'Almeida. London: Polity Press, 2008..
25. Female Agents (Les Femmes de l'ombre ), by Laurent Vachaud. London: Revolver, 2008.
26. Valkyrie: The Plot to Kill Hitler (Nous voulions tuer Hitler ), by Philipp Freiherr von Boeselager, with Florence and Jérôme Fehrenbach. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2008; New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2009.
27. Reason and Reasons (Raison et raisons ), by Jon Elster. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2008.
28. The Queens of Egypt (Les reines d'Egypte ). Exhibit catalog. Paris: Somogy, 2008. With Lisa Davidson et al.
29. Resentment in History: Understanding our Time ( Le ressentiment dans l'histoire: Comprendre notre temps ), by Marc Ferro. Cambridge: Polity, 2010.
30. The Tyranny of Guilt: An Essay on European Masochism (La Tyrannie de la pénitence: essai sur le masochisme européen ), by Pascal Bruckner. Princeton: Princeton University Press. 2010.
31. Islam in Europe: The Lure of Fundamentalism and the Allure of Cosmopolitanism (Interpénétrations: L'Islam et l'Europe), by Nilüfer Göle. Princeton: Markus Wiener, 2011.
32. Perpetual Euphoria: An Essay on the Duty to be Happy (L'euphorie perpétuelle: essai sur le devoir de bonheur ), by Pascal Bruckner. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2011. Excerpts also appeared in Harper's Magazine, February, 2011, p. 13 f. Finalist for the French-American Foundation/Florence Gould Translation Prize, 2012.
33. The Paradox of Love (Le paradoxe amoureux), by Pascal Bruckner. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2012.
34. Manhunts: A History and Philosophy of Cynegetic Power (Les Chasses à l'homme: Histoire et philosophie du pouvoir cynégétique), by Grégoire Chamayou. Princeton University Press, 2012. Finalist for the French-American Foundation/Florence Gould Translation Prize, 2013.
35. Mapuche (Mapuche), by Caryl Ferey. New York: Europa, 2013.
36. The Fanaticism of the Apocalypse (Le Fanatisme de l'Apocalypse), by Pascal Bruckner. Cambridge: Polity, 2013.
37. Has Marriage for Love Failed? (Le mariage d'amour a-t-il échoué?), by Pascal Bruckner. Cambridge: Polity, 2013.
38. Summertime All the Cats are Bored (L'été, tous les chats s'ennuient), by Philippe Georget. New York: Europa, 2013.
39. The Economics of Creativity: Art and Achievement under Uncertainty (Le travail createur: s'accomplir dans l'incertain), by Pierre-Michel Menger: Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press, 2013. (With Lisa Neal).
40. A Dictionary of Untranslatables: The European Philosophical Vocabulary (Le Vocabulaire européen des Philosophies: Un dictionnaire des intraduisibles), ed. Barbara Cassin. In collaboration with other translators. Princeton: Princeton University Press. 2014.
41. The Cemetery of the Swallows (Le Cimetière des Hirondelles), by Mallock. New York: Europa. 2014.
42. Autumn All the Cats Come Back (Les Violents d'automne), by Philippe Georget. New York: Europa. 2014. (With Lisa Neal.)
43. The Making of the Ancient Greek Economy (vol. 1: L'Économie de la Grèce des Cités: Les structures et la production; vol. 2: L'Économie de la Grèce des Cités: Les espaces de l'échange), by Alain Bresson. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2015. Winner of the American Historical Association's James Henry Breasted Prize, 2017.
44. Bonaparte, 1769-1802 (Bonaparte, 1769-1802), by Patrice Gueniffey. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2015. (With Lisa Neal). Winner of the French-American Foundation Translation Prize, 2016.
45. Eric Rohmer: A Biography (Eric Rohmer: Biographie), by Antoine de Baecque and Noel Herpe. New York: Columbia University Press, 2016. (With Lisa Neal.)
46. Psychoanalysis and the Human Sciences (La Psychanalyse et les sciences humaines), by Louis Althusser. New York: Columbia University Press, 2016.
47. A Sociology of Freedom: Reading Howard S. Becker (Un sociologue en liberté ), by Alain Pessin. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2016.
48. The Crimes of Winter ( Méfaits d'hiver), by Philippe Georget. New York: Europa, 2016 (With Lisa Neal).
49. Montaigne, a Political Biography (Montaigne, une biographie politique), by Philippe Desan. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2017 (With Lisa Neal.)
50. The Wisdom of Money (La Sagesse de l'argent), by Pascal Bruckner. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2017 (With Lisa Neal).
51. The Economics of the Common Good (Économie du bien commun ), by Jean Tirole. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2017.
52. Sophocles: A Study of his Theater in its Political and Social Context (Sophocle), by Jacques Jouanna. Princeton: Princeton University Press. 2018.
53. An Imaginary Racism (Un Racisme imaginaire), by Pascal Bruckner. Cambridge: Polity. 2018.
54. Napoleon and de Gaulle: Two French Heroes (Napoléon et de Gaulle: Deux héros français), by Patrice Gueniffey. Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press. Forthcoming.
55. The Gunzburgs: A Family Biography (Une Grande famille russe: Les Gunzburg. Paris-Saint-Petersbourg, XIXme-XXme siècle), by Lorraine de Meaux. London: Halban Publishers. Forthcoming.
56. Disturbance (Le Lambeau), by Philippe Lançon. New York: Europa. Forthcoming.
B . TRANSLATIONS FROM FRENCH: ESSAYS AND ARTICLES
1. "Where Do They Come From? Those Superb Paintings and Awful Women of 'Picasso's War,'" by Brigitte Baer. Catalog of the exhibition on Picasso at the California Palace of the Legion of Honor, 1998.
2. "God's Phallus" ("Le fouet de Dieu"), by Achille Mbembe. Public Culture 11 (1999), 1-23.
3. "The Birth of the Speculative Theory of Art," by J.-M. Schaeffer (extract reprinted from Art of the Modern Age; cf. supra, "Books," no. 12.). Southern Humanities Review 33 (1999), 321-360.
4. "The Final Manner," by Achille Mbembe, in Mbembe, Provisional Notes on the Postcolony (Notes Provisoires sur la postcolonie). Berkeley: University of California Press, 2001.
5. "The Civil Status of the State in Africa: A Conversation among Mamadou Diouf, Harris Memêl Fotê, and Achille Mbembe" ("L'état civil de l'État en Afrique"). CODESRIA Bulletin, 12 (1999), 39-47.
6. "Historians and Histories: What For? African Historiography Between the State and the Communities," ("Des historiens et des histoires: pour quoi faire? L'historiographie africaine entre l'État et les Communautés") by Mamadou Diouf. SEPHIS/CSSC Occasional Paper Series, Dakar, 1999.
7. "At the Edge of the World: Boundaries, Territoriality, and Sovereignty in Africa" ("À la lisière du monde: Frontières, territorialité, et souveraineté en Afrique), by Achille Mbembe. Public Culture 12 (1), 259-284 (2000); also in CODESRIA Bulletin, 3-4 (1999), 4-16.
8. "Getting out of the Ghetto: The Challenge of Internationalization" ("Sortir du ghetto: Le défi de l'internationalisation"), by Achille Mbembe. CODESRIA Bulletin 3-4 (1999).
9. "The Senegalese Murid Trade Diaspora and the Making of a Vernacular Cosmopolitanism," by Mamadou Diouf. Public Culture 12 (2000), 679-702; also in CODESRIA Bulletin 1 (2000), 19-30; reprinted in C. H. Breckenridge, et al., eds., Cosmopolitanism, Durham: Duke University Press, 2002.
10. "The End of Monologues" ("La fin des monologues"), by Achille Mbembe. CODESRIA Bulletin no. 1 (2000).
11. "An Essay on the Political Imagination in Wartime," by Achille Mbembe. CODESRIA Bulletin 2-3-4 (2000), 6-21.
12. "African Modes of Self-Writing" ("À propos des écritures africaines de soi"), by Achille Mbembe. Public Culture 14 (2002), 239-273; also published in CODESRIA Bulletin 1 (2000), 4-19.
13. "Race and Identity in Africa" ("Race et identité en Afrique"), by Fabien Eboussi Boulaga. CODESRIA Bulletin.
14. "State and Taxation in Africa," etc. ("État et fiscalisation en Afrique"). CODESRIA Bulletin.
15. "Factors Inhibiting Peasant's Organizations' Participation in the Process of Democratization in Senegal" ("Les facteurs inhibiteurs de la participation des Organisations paysannes au processus de démocratisation au Sénégal"), by Mohamadou Sy. Dakar: CODESRIA.
16. "Peasants' Organizations in the Cape Verde Islands : From Individualism to Associative Forms of Organization" ("Organisations paysannes aux îles du Cap Vert : de l'individualisme aux formes associatives d'organisation"), by Claudio Alves Furtado. Dakar: CODESRIA.
17. "The Union tunisienne de l'agriculture et de la pêche and its Role in Strengthening Civil Society in Tunisia" ("L'Union tunisienne de l'agriculture et de la pêche et son rôle dans la consolidation de la société civile en Tunisie"), by Gilbert Naccache. Dakar: CODESRIA.
18. "Organizations of women peasants in Cameroon : The example of the department of Lékié" ("Les Organisations paysannes de femmes au Cameroun : l'exemple du département de la Lékié"), by Jean Paul Komon. Dakar: CODESRIA.
19. "'Crushing the Pistachio': Eroticism in Senegal and the Art of Ousmane Ndiaye Dago" ("L'Èrotisme urbain en Afrique"), by T. K. Biaya. Public Culture 12 (2000), 707-720.
20. "The Revelation of the Abyss" ("La révélation de l'abîme"), by Vincent Descombes. Southern Humanities Review . Winter 2001, 45-59.
21. "Essay on the political imagination in times of war" ("Essai sur l'imagination politique en temps de guerre"), by Achille Mbembe. CODESRIA Bulletin.
22. "Economic Issues in Human Development" by Hakim Ben Hammouda. CODESRIA.
23. "The End of the Washington Consensus" ("La fin du consensus de Washington"), by Hakim Ben Hammouda. CODESRIA Bulletin.
24. "The Asian Model" ("Le modèle asiatique"), by Hakim Ben Hammouda. CODESRIA Bulletin.
25. "The Subject of the World" ("Le sujet du monde"), by Achille Mbembe. In Facing Up to the Past. Prins Claus Fonds voor Cultuur en Ontwikkeling (Netherlands), 2001.
26. "Making Catleya" ("Faire Catleya"), by Serge Doubrovsky. Southern Humanities Review 7 (2002), 201-22.
27. "Writing Catleia" ("Ecrire Catleia"), by Gérard Genette. Southern Humanities Review 7 (2002), 222-225.
28. "Youth, Migration, and Citizenship" ("Jeunesse, Migration, Nationalité"), by Mamadou Diouf. Social Science Research Council (New York).
29. "Mohammed Chafiq, The Man Who Gave Me Roots and Wings," ("Mohammed Chafiq: l'homme qui m'a donné des racines et des ailes"), by Fatema Mernissi. Prinz Claus Fund Journal , 2002.
30. Prinz Claus Fund Prize Address, by Mohammed Chafiq. Prinz Claus Fund Journal , 2002.
31. "Working-class forms of illegality in France: Developments and regulations since the early 1980s" ("Evolutions et régulations des illégalismes populaires en France depuis le début des années 1980"), by Laurent Bonelli. Social Science Research Council (New York).
32. "Julie's Garden" ("Le Jardin de Julie"), by André Blanc. Southern Humanities Review , Summer 2007, 205-224.
33. "Judaism and Islam as Opposites" (Judentum und Islam als Gegensätze), by Johann von Leers. In Andrew Bostom, From Sacred Texts to Solemn History: The Legacy of Islamic Antisemitism.
34. "Mass Deportations, Ethnic Cleansing, and Genocidal Politics in the Russian Empire and the USSR from the Mid-Nineteenth Century to the Mid-Twentieth Century" ("Déportations de masse, nettoyage ethnique et politiques génocidaires dans les espaces de l’Empire russe et de l’URSS ( milieu du XIXème siècle/milieu du XXème siècle"), by Nicolas Werth. In Donald Bloxham and A. Dirk Moses (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of the History of Genocide. Forthcoming.
35. "National Identity and Everyday Life," by Yves Deloye. In John Breuilly, ed., The Oxford Handbook of the History of Nationalism. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Forthcoming.
36. "Authoritarian Fault-Lines in Pluralist Democracies: A Few Thoughts on Authoritarianism in a Democratic Context" ("Les failles autoritaires des démocraties pluralistes: Quelques réflexions sur l’autoritarisation en contexte démocratique"), by Gilles Massardier. In Eberhard Kienle, ed., Between Democracy Building and Democracy Erosion: Political Change North and South of the Mediterranean. London: Saqi Books. 2009.
37. "Deceptive Liberal Reforms: Institutional Developments and the Dynamics of Authoritarianism in Tunisia (1997-2005) ("Des réformes libérales en trompe-l’œil : aménagements institutionnels et dynamique de l’autoritarisme en Tunisie (1997-2005), by Eric Gobe. In Eberhard Kienle, ed., Between Democracy Building and Democracy Erosion: Political Change North and South of the Mediterranean. London: Saqi Books. 2009.
38. "The Strange Italian Democracy" ("L’étrange démocratie italienne"), by Marc Lazar. In Eberhard Kienle, ed., Between Democracy Building and Democracy Erosion: Political Change North and South of the Mediterranean. London: Saqi Books. 2009.
39. "Constitutionalism vs. 'fiq'hism": The Evolution and Limits of the Constitutional State in Morocco" ("Constitutionnalisme versus « fiq’hisme ». Evolution et limites de l’Etat de droit au Maroc"), by Mohammed Mouaqit. In Eberhard Kienle, ed., Between Democracy Building and Democracy Erosion: Political Change North and South of the Mediterranean. London: Saqi Books. 2009
40. "The Ansbach Memorandum" ("La mémoire d'Ansbach"), by Maximilian von Montgelas. Selections. Washington: DC: German Historical Institute.
41. "Revisiting Pentekontaetia" ("Relire la pentékontaétie"), by Alain Bresson.
42. "Rhodes During the Siege of 305-304 BC: Population, Territory, and Defensive Strategy" ("Rhodes lors du siège de 305-304 av. J.-C. : population, territoire et stratégie défensive"), by Alain Bresson.
43. "Five Novels about Guilt" ("Cinq romans sur la culpabilité), by Pascal Bruckner. The Wall Street Journal, April 10, 2010.
44. "The Culture of Doubt" ("La Culture du doute"), by Pascal Bruckner. The Washington Post, November 19, 2010.
45. "The Art of Suffering" (Excerpt from Perpetual Euphoria, see I A, 32 above), by Pascal Bruckner. Harper's Magazine, February 2011, p. 13-16.
46. "Everything Has Gone Wrong: Levi-Strauss and Virtual History (Rien ne va plus: Levi-Strauss et l'histoire virtuelle), by Christopher Johnson. New Left Review, 79 (2013): 55-69.
47. "Le Bord des mondes," by Rebecca Lamarche-Vadel. Palais, Paris: Palais de Tokyo, 2014.
48. "The World of Art on its Borders" ("Le Monde de l'art en ses bords"), by Jean-Marie Schaeffer. Palais, Paris: Palais de Tokyo, 2014.
49. "A Prepared Universe " ("Un univers préparé"), by Frédérique Aït-Touati. Palais, Paris: Palais de Tokyo, 2015.
50. "In the Doubling of Dreams" ("Dans la doublure des rêves") by Fabien Danesi. Palais, Paris: Palais de Tokyo, 2015.
51. "The Misadventures of the Good Life between Modernity and Degrowth: from Happiness to Buen Vivir ("Les mésaventures de la vie bonne entre modernité et décroissance: du Bonheur au Buen vivir"), by Serge Latouche. In: The Good Life Beyond Growth: Critical Perspectives, ed. Hartmut Rosa. London: Routledge, 2016.
C. TRANSLATIONS FROM GERMAN: BOOKS
1. Shipwreck with Spectator (Schiffbruch mit Zuschauer ), by Hans Blumenberg. With a critical introduction by the translator. Cambridge, MA: M.I.T. Press, 1996.
2. A Berlin Republic: Writings on Germany (Die Normalität einer Berliner Republik ), by Jürgen Habermas. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1997.
3. Washington and Rome: Catholicism in American Culture (Washington und Rom: Der Katholizismus in der amerikanischen Kultur ), by Michael Zöller. Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 1999. With Albert Wimmer.
4. The Dead Philosophers' Café (Das Café der toten Philosophen ), by Vittorio Hoesle. Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 2000.
5. Function and Structure : The Ambiguities of Religious Drama (Funktion und Struktur: Die Ambivalenzen des geistlichen Spiels ), by Rainer Warning. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2001.
6. The Pyramids (Die Pyramiden ), by Miroslav Verner. New York: Grove/Atlantic Press, 2001.
7. Life Counts: A Worldwide Balance Sheet (Life Counts: Eine Globale Bilanz des Lebens ), by Michael Gleich, Dirk Maxeiner, Michael Miersch, and Fabian Nicolay. New York: Grove/Atlantic, 2002.
8. Morals and Politics (Moral und Politik ), by Vittorio Hösle. Notre Dame: Notre Dame University Press, 2004.
9. Lethe: The Art and Critique of Forgetting (Lethe: Kunst und Kritik des Vergessens ), by Harald Weinrich. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2004. Winner of the MLA's Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for Translation of a Scholarly Study of Literature, 2005.
10. Pythagoras: Life, Work, and Influence (Pythagoras: Leben, Lehre, Nachwirkung ), by Christoph Riedweg. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2005.
11. The History of Iran: From Islamization to the Present (Geschichte Irans: Von der Islamisierung bis zur Gegenwart ), by Monika Gronke. Princeton: Markus Wiener, 2007.
12. On Borrowed Time: The Art and Economy of Living with Deadlines (Knappe Zeit: Kunst und Kritik des befristeten Daseins ), by Harald Weinrich. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2008.
13. Lost In The Sacred: Why the Muslim World Stood Still (Versiegelte Zeit: Über den Stillstand in der Islamischen Welt ), by Dan Diner. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2009.
14. Privacy: A Manifesto (Verteidigung des Privaten. Eine Streitschrift ), by Wolfgang Sofsky. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2009.
15. The Promise of Salvation: A Theory of Religion (Cultus und Heilversprechen ), by Martin Riesebrodt. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2009.
16. Prophets of the Past: Jewish Historiography in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries (Propheten des Vergangenen: Jüdische Geschichtsshreibung im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert ), by Michael Brenner. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2010.
17. Nazi Germany 1933-1945 (vol. 7 of German History in Documents and Images ), ed. Richard Breitman. Washington, DC: German Historical Institute. Photo captions. (http://germanhistorydocs.ghi-dc.org/)
18. Occupation and the Emergence of Two States: 1945-1961 (vol. 8 of German History in Documents and Images), ed. Volker Berghahn and Uta Poiger. Photo captions. Washington, DC: German Historical Institute. http://germanhistorydocs.ghi-dc.org/
19. The Magdala Campaign: Ethiopia in Europe's Crosshairs (Unternehmen Magdala: Strafexpedition in Äthiopien), by Werner Matthies. Princeton: Markus Wiener. 2011.
20. Letters to Hitler (Briefe an Hitler), by Henrik Eberle. Cambridge: Polity, 2012.
21. You Are Not Like Other Mothers (Du bist nicht so wie andre Mütter), by Angelika Schrobsdorff. Rome and New York: Europa Editions, 2012.
22. Simon Bolivar, Liberator of South America. History and Myth (Simon Bolivar, Befreier Südamerikas. Geschichte und Mythos), by Michael Zeuske. Princeton: Markus Wiener, 2013. (With Lisa Neal.)
23. Philosophical Dialogue: A Poetics and a Hermeneutics (Der Philosophische Dialog: Eine Poetik und Hermeneutik), by Vittorio Hoesle. Notre Dame IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 2013.
24. Musica Naturalis: Speculative Music Theory and Poetics, from Saint Augustine to the Late Middle Ages in France (Musica naturalis. Tradition und Kontinuität spekulativ-metaphysischer Musiktheorie in der Poetik des französischen Spätmittelalters), by Philipp Jeserich. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. 2013. (With Michael J. Curley.)
25. The Commodified Body: Organ Transplantation and the Organ Trade (Der Warenkörper: Zur Sozialpsychologie der Medizin), by Oliver Decker. London: Routledge, 2014.
26. Islam and Women (Der Islam und die Frauen), by Irene Schneider. Princeton: Markus Wiener, 2013.
27. The History of the Amistad (Die Geschichte der Amistad), by Michael Zeuske. Princeton: Markus Wiener. 2014.
28. In the Land of a Thousand Gods: A History of Asia Minor in the Ancient World (Geschichte Kleinasiens in der Antike), by Christian Marek. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2016.
29. A Short History of German Philosophy (Kurze Geschichte der deutschen Philosophie), by Vittorio Hoesle. Princeton: Princeton University Press. 2017.
30. Collected Papers of Albert Einstein, vol. 16 (Einstein Papers Project). Princeton: Princeton University Press/Cal Tech. Co-translator. Forthcoming.
D. TRANSLATIONS FROM GERMAN: ESSAYS, POEMS, AND SHORT FICTION
1. "The Translator's Task" ("Die Aufgabe des Übersetzers"), by Walter Benjamin. TTR 10, no. 2 (1997): 151-165. Revised version in: Lawrence Venuti, ed., The Translation Studies Reader, 3rd ed., London: Routledge, 2012. Reprinted in Lazlo, forthcoming.
2. "Lolita" ("Lolita"), by Heinz von Lichberg. Southern Humanities Review , Summer 2005: 240-48.
3. "Rumpelstiltskin: Methodological Pluralism in Research on the Fairy Tale" ("Rumpelstilzchen: Vom Methodenpluralismus in der Erzählforschung"), by Lutz Röhrich. Southern Humanities Review, Summer 2008: 205-239.
4. Johann von Leers, "Judaism and Islam as Opposites" ("Judentum und Islam als Gegensatze"), in From Sacred Texts to Solemn History: The Legacy of Islamic Anti-Semitism, ed. Andrew C. Bostom and Ibn Warraq. New York: Prometheus, 2008.
5. Jakob Vogel, "Locality and circulation in the Habsburg Empire," BJHS (British Journal for the History of Science) 589-606 43(4), December, 2010, 589–606.
6. "Brother and Sister" (excerpt from "Bruder und Schwester"), by Christhard Läpple. In The Wall in My Head, New York: Words Without Borders, 2009.
7. Selected poems from Harald Weinrich, Das Leben und Lesen der Tieren: Ein Bestiarium. New York: Words Without Borders, 2009.
8. "The Night that Changed Everything" ("Die Nacht, die alles veränderte"), by Christhard Läpple. New York: Open Letter Books, 2010.
9. Selected poems from Harald Weinrich, Sag Schibboleth. Berlin: No Man's Land, 2009.
10. Rainer Maria Rilke, "The Panther" (Der Panther). http://www.thebeckoning.com/poetry/rilke/rilke3.html
11. "Fairground" (excerpt from Rummelplatz), by Werner Braeunig. Berlin: No Man's Land, 2010.
12. "You Worry too Much" (excerpt from Pazifik Exil), by Michael Lentz. Berlin, No Man's Land, 2011.
13. Selected poems from Harald Weinrich, Das Leben und Lesen der Tiere: Ein Bestiarium. Mad Hatter's Review 14 (2013) http://www.madhattersreview.com/issue14/poetry2_weinrich.shtml
14. "The Flying Eye" ("Das fliegende Auge"), by Falk Haberkorn. In: Oliver Decker, ed., Modern Times: Haunted by the Past, Hunted by the Future. Forthcoming.
15. "Acceleration and Depression: Reflections on Modernity's Relationship to Time" ("Beschleunigung und Depression: Ueberlegungungen zum Zeitverhaeltnis der Moderne"), by Helmut Rosa. In: Oliver Decker, ed., Modern Times: Haunted by the Past, Hunted by the Future. Forthcoming.
16. "Shock--Distractability--Attention Deficit--Lack of Time: Benjamin as Involuntary Prophet" ("Schock--Zerstreuung--Aufmerksamskeitsdefizit--Zeitmangel. Benjaman als unfreiwilliger Prophet"), by Christoph Tuercke. In: Oliver Decker, ed., Modern Times: Haunted by the Past, Hunted by the Future. Forthcoming.
17. "Growth and Acceleration as an Everyday Religion" ("Wachstum und Beschleunigung als Alltagsreligion"), by Oliver Decker and Johannes Kiess. In: Oliver Decker, ed., Modern Times: Haunted by the Past, Hunted by the Future. Forthcoming.
II . WRITINGS ON TRANSLATION
1. Review of Douglas Robinson, The Translator's Turn. Philosophy and Literature 16 (1992): 203-05.
2. Review of Lawrence Venuti, ed., Rethinking Translation: Discourse, Subjectivity, Ideology . Philosophy and Literature 17 (1993): 181-82.
3. Review of Donald M. Frame's translation of The Complete Works of François Rabelais, and Burton Raffel's translation of Gargantua and Pantagruel. Comparative Literature 47 (1995): 84-85.
4. Review of Burton Raffel, The Art of Translating Prose. Comparative Literature 47 (1995): 88-90.
5. "Changing Translation." Review essay on Lawrence Venuti, The Translator's Invisibility: A History of Translation. Comparative Literature 48 (1996), 359-364.
6. "Translation, Quotation, Iterability (Walter Benjamin)." TTR 10 (1997): 167-187.
7. "Comments on Harry Zohn's Translation of Walter Benjamin's "Die Aufgabe des Übersetzers," TTR 10 (1997): 191-206. Reprinted in Lawrence Venuti, ed., A Translation Studies Reader (London: Routledge, 1999, 2nd ed. 2004).
8. "Dump This Book," Festschrift for OULIPO, forthcoming.
III. OTHER TRANSLATION ACTIVITIES
1. "Translation, Quotation, Iterability (Walter Benjamin)." Public lecture, Universität des Saarlandes (Germany), 1995.
2. "Translation and Discursive Understanding." Paper presented at the First Stanford Conference on Translation, Stanford University, 1997.
3. Participant, Workshop on Translation, Übersetzerhaus Looren (Switzerland), 2008, 2012.
4. Guest speaker, Workshop on Barbara Cassin's Dictionary of Untranslatables, Humanities Center, University of Toronto, 2015.
5. Guest speaker, Translation Lunch Lecture Series, Princeton University, 2016.
IV. READER'S REPORTS
1. Martin Kanes' translation of Balzac's Pierre Grassou. For University of Nebraska Press, 1996.
2. Jordan Stump's translation of Christian Oster's Le grand appartement . For University of Nebraska Press, 1996.
3. Clemens Meyer, Als wir traeumten, 2006. For Harcourt Trade Books, New York.
4. Jonathan Littell, Les Bienveillantes, 2006. For Harcourt Trade Books, New York.
5. Céline Curiol, Voix sans issue, 2006. For Harcourt Trade Books, New York.
6. Olivier Wieviorka, Histoire du débarquement en Normandie : Des origines à la libération de Paris 1941-1944, 2006. For Harcourt Trade Books, New York.
7. Jean Rolin, L'explosion de la durite, 2006. For Harcourt Trade Books, New York.
8. François Salvaing, Jourdain, 2006. For Harcourt Trade Books, New York.
9. Peter von Matt, Die Intrige: Theorie und Praxis der Hinterlist, 2006. For Harcourt Trade Books, New York.
10. Manfred Pohlen: Freuds Analyse: Die Sitzungsprotokolle Ernst Blums, 2006. For Harcourt Trade Books, New York.
11. Werner Bräunig: Rummelplatz, 2007. For Harcourt Trade Books, New York.
12. Joseph d'Arbaud, La bête du Vaccarès. 2007. For Harcourt Trade Books, New York
13. Michael Lentz: Pazifik Exil . 2007. For Harcourt Trade Books, New York
14. Vincent Delecroix, La Chaussure sur le toit, 2007. For Harcourt Trade Books, New York
15. Pierre Briançon: San Quentin Jazz Band, 2008. For Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, New York
16. Umberto Eco and Jean-Claude Carrière: N'Espérez pas vous débarrasser des livres . (Interviews conducted by Jean-Philippe de Tonnac), 2008. For Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, New York
17. Brigitte Hamann: Hitlers Edeljude: Das Leben des Armenarztes Eduard Bloch, 2008. For Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, New York.
18. Christian Kracht, Ich werde hier sein im Sonnenschein und im Schatten, 2009. For Melville House, New York.
19. Michael Onfray, Le ventre des philosophes. Critique de la raison diététique, 2009. For Bloomsbury Publications, New York.
20. Mahmud Dowlatabadi Der Colonel. 2009. For Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, New York.
21, Kai Schlueter, Guenter Grass im Visier die Stasi-Akte. 2010. For Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, New York.
22 Arnon Gruenberg, Tirza, 2010. For Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, New York.
23. Hans-Juergen Schaedlich, Kokoschkins Reise, 2010. For Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, New York.
24. Martin Walser, Ein liebender Mann, 2012. For Melville House, New York.
25. Daniel Costelle, Prisonniers nazis en Amerique, 2013. For Melville House, New York.
26. Jonas Luescher, Fruehling der Barbaren, 2013. For Melville House, New York.
27. Sarah Stricke, Fuenf Kopeken, 2013. For Melville House, New York.
28. Christiane zu Salm, Dieser Mensch war ich: Nachrufe auf das eigene Leben, 2013. For HarperCollins, New York.
29. Nedim Gursel, L'Ange rouge, 2014. For Melville House, New York.
30. Chris Herzfeld, Wattana: Un orang-outan a Paris, 2014. For University of Chicago Press, Chicago.
31. Antoine Sylvere, Toinou, 2014. For "Books" blog, French Embassy in the United States.
OTHER PUBLICATIONS
A. SCHOLARLY STUDIES : BOOKS
1. Distinguo: Reading Montaigne Differently. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 1992.
2. Montaigne. Paris and Tübingen: Oeuvres et Critiques VIII, l984. Editor.
3. Of History (Montaigne Studies 6). Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1994. Editor.
B. SCHOLARLY STUDIES: ESSAYS AND ARTICLES
l. "Imitation, Theme, and Structure in Garcilaso's First Elegy." MLN 82 (l967): 230-37. (With M.D. Sugarmon.)
2. "Fontenelle and his Public." MLN 86 (l97l): 496-508.
3. "The Recognition Scene in Molière's Theater." Romanic Review 64 (l973): l6-3l. (With R. D. Fraser.)
4. "The Rhetoric of Montaigne's Self-Portrait: Speaker and Subject." Studies in Philology 73 (l976): 285-30l.
5. "Dialogue, Philosophy, and Rhetoric: The Example of Plato's Gorgias." Philosophy and Rhetoric 10 (l977): l65-79.
6. "Dialectical Structure and Tactics in Montaigne's "'Des Cannibales.'" Pacific Coast Philology 12 (l977): 56-63.
7. "Rhetoric and Persuasion in Marcela's Address to the Shepherds." Hispanic Review 46 (l978): 287-98. (With T.R. Hart.)
8. "Linguistic Competence and Literary Competence: Jonathan Culler's Structuralist Poetics." Proceedings of the Pacific Northwest Conference on Foreign Languages 30 (l978), Part II: 48-5l.
9. "Mus in pice: Montaigne and Interpretation." MLN 94 (l979): l057-7l.
10. "The Critical We." Orbis Litterarum 35 (l980): 32-49.
11. "In Disjointed Parts / Par Articles decousus." In L.D. Kritzman, ed., Fragments: Incompletion and Discontinuity(New York: New York Literary Forum, l980): 7l-83.
12. M.A. Screech, Rabelais. (Review article.) MLN 96 (l98l): 92l-29.
13. "Fish vs. Fish." Diacritics 12 (Winter l982): 49-56.
14. "Argument and Persuasion in French Classical Drama." Papers in Romance 5 (l983): 1-l5.
15. "Montaigne under the sign of Fama." In The Anxiety of Anticipation, ed. Sima Godfrey. (New Haven: Yale French Studies 66, 1984): l37-59.
16. Jonathan Culler, On Deconstruction: Criticism and Theory after Structuralism; Vincent Leitch, Deconstructive Criticism: An Advanced Introduction; Jonathan Arac, Wallace Martin, and Wlad Godzich, eds., The Yale Critics: Deconstruction in America . Comparative Literature 36 (l984): 263-68. (Review article.)
17. "Reading Montaigne." Diacritics 15 (Summer l985): 44-53.
18. "Reading the Essais Differently." MLN 100 (l985): 1080-1085.
19. "On Diaries." Diacritics 16 (Fall, l986): 57-65.
20. "The Decline and Fall of Humanist Rhetoric." (Review article on Victoria Kahn, Rhetoric, Prudence, and Skepticism in the Renaissance.) Comparative Literature 40 (l988): 59-65.
21. "Reading Faces (Montaigne)." In Manfred Frank and Anselm Haverkamp, eds., Individualität (Munich: Wilhelm Fink, l988; Poetik und Hermeneutik, Band XIII): 324-336.
22. "Corneille ou le triomphe du fils." In M. O. Sweetser, ed., Ouverture et dialogue: mélanges offerts à Wolfgang Leiner (Tübingen: Gunter Narr, l988): 325-331.
23. "The Portrait of the Author." French Forum 13 (l988), 143-151.
24. "Montaigne and the Principle of Non-Correction." In Marcel Tétel and G. Mallary Masters, eds., Le Parcours des Essais: Montaigne 1588-1988 (Paris: Aux Amateurs du Livre, 1989): 253-262.
25. Reda Bensmaïa, The Barthes Effect: The Essay as Reflective Text. (Review article.) Textual Practice 3 (l989): 251-59.
26. "Reading Backward: Recognitions and Representations." (Review article on Terence Cave, Recognitions: A Study in Poetic.). Comparative Literature 41 (1989): 378-86.
27. "Examples, Counterexamples." (Review article on John Lyons, Exemplum: The Rhetoric of Example in Early Modern France and Italy.) Comparative Literature 44 (1992): 59-67.
28. Gérard Defaux, Marot, Rabelais, Montaigne: L'écriture comme présence. (Review article.) Textual Practice, 1991.
29. "Trapped between Romance and Novel: A Defense of La Princesse de Clèves." In An Inimitable Example: The Case for the Princesse de Cléves, ed. Patrick Henry. Washington: Catholic University of America Press, 1992: 127-138.
30. "Louise Labé: Memory, Reading, Writing." Romance Notes 33 (1993): 89-95.
31. "Duction, or the Archaeology of Rape." Review essay on Patricia Francis Cholakian, Rape and Writing in the Heptaméron of Marguerite de Navarre and Kathryn Gravdal, Ravishing Maidens: Writing Rape in Medieval French Literature and Law. Philosophy and Literature 17 (1993): 118-28.
32. "De l'Institution des enfans: Knowledge and Authority." In Approaches to Teaching Montaigne's Essais, ed. Patrick Henry. New York: Modern Language Association of America, 1994. 146-150.
33. "Introduction." (Introduction to trans. of Astrea; see I, A, 3 above.)
34. "Of History." Montaigne Studies 6 (1994): 3-5.
35. "Reading in the French Renaissance: Textual Communities, Idleness, Boredom." In Reading the Renaissance: Culture, Poetics, and Drama, ed. Jonathan Hart. New York: Garland, 1996. 35-43.
36. "Polyphonic Narrative in Early Modern France: A Question of Literary History." Romanic Review 87 (1996): 297-306. (With Lisa Neal.)
37. "Translator's Introduction," in Hans Blumenberg, Shipwreck with Spectator. See Ia:6 above.
38. "Force and Language: Heptameron 10." In a special issue of Comparative Literature dedicated to Thomas R. Hart, ed. Julian Weiss and Caroline Jewers. Comparative Literature 60 (2008): 74-80.
N. B.: Five of my articles on Montaigne (nos. 4, 6, 9, 11, and 17 above) have been been reprinted in Montaigne: A Collection of Essays, 5 vols., ed. D. Berven (New York: Garland, 1995 ff.).
C. SCHOLARLY STUDIES: REVIEWS
1. George Watson, The Study of Literature: A New Rationale for Literary History. Comparative Literature (l972): 260-63.
2. W. G. McCollum, The Divine Average: A View of Comedy. Comparative Literature 24 (l972): 364-67.
3. Jackson Barry, Dramatic Structure: The Shaping of Experience. Comparative Literature 25 (l973): 79-8l.
4. Richard A. Sayce, The Essays of Montaigne: A Critical Exploration. MLN 89 (l974): 855-60.
5. Louis Van Delft, La Bruyère, moraliste: quatre études sur les Caractères. MLN 89 (l974): 860-62.
6. Frederick Rider, The Dialectic of Selfhood in Montaigne. Comparative Literature 26 (l974): 91-94.
7. A. J. Krailsheimer, ed., The Continental Renaissance: l500-1600. Comparative Literature 26 (l974): 95. (With T. R. Hart.)
8. Margaret McGowan, Montaigne's Deceits: The Art of Persuasion in the Essais. Comparative Literature 28 (l976): 279-83.
9. Elizabeth Bruss, Autobiographical Acts: The Changing Situation of a Literary Genre. Comparative Literature 30 (1978): l8l-85.
10. Harold C. Knutson, Molière: An Archetypal Approach. Comparative Literature 3l (l979): 89-92.
11. John Reichert, Making Sense of Literature. Comparative Literature 3l (l979): l74-76.
12. Richard L. Regosin, The Matter of My Book: Montaigne's Essais as the Book of the Self. Comparative Literature 32 (l980): 9l-94.
13. Barbara Herrnstein Smith, On the Margins of Discourse: The Relation of Literature to Language. Comparative Literature 32 (l980): 295-97.
14. Terence Cave, The Cornucopian Text: Problems of Writing in the French Renaissance. Comparative Literature 33 (l98l): 95-97.
15. Antoine Compagnon, La Seconde main ou le travail de la citation and Nous, Michel de Montaigne. Comparative Literature 34 (l982): 70-73.
16. Michel Beaujour, Miroirs d'encre: la rhétorique de l'autoportrait. Comparative Literature 34 (l982): 272-74.
17. Robert Cottrell, Sexuality/Textuality: The Fabric of Montaigne's Essais. MLN 98 (l983): 8l5-l7.
18. Janet Varner Gunn, Autobiography: Towards a Poetics of Experience. Philosophy and Literature 7 (l983): l27-28.
19. Annette Lavers, Roland Barthes: Structuralism and After. Comparative Literature 36 (l984): l74-77.
20. Jean Starobinski, Montaigne en mouvement. Comparative Literature 37 (1985): 366-69.
21. Jonathan Culler, Roland Barthes. Philosophy and Literature 9 (l985): 111-13.
22. M.A. Screech, Montaigne and Melancholy. Comparative Literature 37 (l985): 185-87.
23. Steven Ungar, Roland Barthes: The Professor of Desire. Comparative Literature 38 (l986): 191-93.
24. Robert C. Holub, Reception Theory: A Critical Introduction. Philosophy and Literature 10 (l986): 139-40.
25. J. Hillis Miller, The Ethics of Reading. Comparative Literature 42 (1989): 80-83.
26. Graham Good, The Observing Self: Rediscovering the Essay. Philosophy and Literature 13 (1989): 415-6.
27. Hans Robert Jauss, Question and Answer: Forms of Dialogic Understanding. Philosophy and Literature 15 (1991): 151-52.
28. Jerome Bruner, Acts of Meaning. Philosophy and Literature 15 (1991): 331-32.
29. Sandy Petrey, Speech Acts and Literary Theory. Comparative Literature 45 (1993): 184-87.
30. Michael Riffaterre, Fictional Truth. Comparative Literature 45 (1993): 377-78.
31. Samuel Kinser, Rabelais's Carnival: Text, Context, Metatext. Comparative Literature 45 (1993): 293-95.
32. Ullrich Langer, Perfect Friendship: Studies on Literature and Moral Philosophy from Boccaccio to Corneille. French Forum 20 (1995): 181-182.
33. Kevin Dunn, Pretexts of Authority: The Rhetoric of Authorship in the Renaissance Preface. Philosophy and Literature 19 (1995): 245-246.
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