Translation and/or Adaptation? Georgi Kolushki’s Bulgarian Version (1884) of Aleksandr Pypin’s Literary History of the Bulgarians

The very first monograph in Bulgarian on the history of Bulgarian literature appeared in 1884, in Kiustendil. On the cover of this book, we read: “История на българската литература отъ А. Н. Пипина И В. Д. Спасовича. Превелъ оть русски Г. Н. Колушкий” (“History of Bulgarian Literature by A.N. Pypin and V.D. Spasovich. Translated from the Russian by G.N. Kolushki”). In this contribution I will discuss all parts of this peritextual information in order to shed light on the specific nature and context of this publication, and to answer the research question: is this indeed a translation, as the book cover suggests, or rather an adaptation of the original text?

ISBN:9786197372243

Publication year:2020

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