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The works of translingual writers-those who write in a language other than their native tongue-present a rich field for study, but literary translingualism remains under-researched and under-theorized. In this work Tamar Steinitz explores the psychological effects of translingualism in the works of two authors: the German Stefan Heym (1913-2001) and the Austrian Jakov Lind (1927-2007). Both were forced into exile by the rise of Nazism; both chose English as a language of artistic expression. Steinitz argues that translingualism, which ruptures the perceived link between language and world as the writer chooses between systems of representation, leads to a psychic split that can be expressed in the writer's work as a schizophrenic existence or as a productive doubling of perspective. Movement between languages can thus reflect both the freedom associated with geographical mobility and the emotional price it entails. Reading Lind's and Heym's works within their postwar context, Steinitz proposes these authors as representative models, respectively, of translingualism as loss and fragmentation and translingualism as opportunity and mediation. Tamar Steinitz teaches English literature at Queen Mary and Goldsmiths colleges, University of London. She has also worked as a literary translator.

Language and languages in literature. --- Self (Philosophy) in literature. --- Heym, Stefan, --- Lind, Jakov, --- Landwirt, Jakov, --- Lind, Jacov, --- Landwirth, Heinz Jakov, --- Flieg, Helmut, --- Geĭm, Stefan, --- Haym, St̋ifan, --- היים, סטיפן --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Artistic Expression. --- Emotional Price. --- English Language. --- Exile. --- Geographical Mobility. --- Jakov Lind. --- Language. --- Literary Translingualism. --- Nazism. --- Postwar Context. --- Psychological Effects. --- Schizophrenic Existence. --- Self. --- Stefan Heym. --- Tamar Steinitz. --- Translingual Identities.

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"At a time increasingly dominated by globalization, migration, and the clash between supranational and ultranational ideologies, the relationship between language and borders has become more complicated and, in many ways, more consequential than ever. This book shows how concepts of 'language' and 'multilingualism' look different when viewed from Belize, Lagos, or London, and asks how ideas about literature and literary form must be remade in a contemporary cultural marketplace that is both linguistically diverse and interconnected, even as it remains profoundly unequal. Bringing together scholars from the fields of literary studies, applied linguistics, publishing, and translation studies, the volume investigates how multilingual realities shape not only the practice of writing but also modes of literary and cultural production. Chapters explore examples of literary multilingualism and their relationship to the institutions of publishing, translation, and canon-formation. They consider how literature can be read in relation to other multilingual and translational forms of contemporary cultural circulation and what new interpretative strategies such developments demand. In tracing the multilingual currents running across a globalized world, this book will appeal to the growing international readership at the intersections of comparative literature, world literature, postcolonial studies, literary theory and criticism, and translation studies."--Provided by publisher.

Multilingualism and literature. --- Multilingualism --- Translating and interpreting. --- Language and culture. --- Multiculturalism in literature. --- Intercultural communication. --- Social aspects.