The Country Wife. Between Pragmatic Analysis and Translation

Alba Graziano – Introduction. The Country Wife in Italy: Reception and Translation
Valentina Rossi – The Function of Horner’s Irony in Wycherley’s The Country Wife
Fabio Ciambella – Insulting (in) The Country Wife: a Pragmatic Analysis of Insults and Swearwords
Daniela Francesca Virdis – China Metaphors: an Investigation of Metaphorical Strategies in The Country Wife’s China Scene
Sara Soncini – China Travels: Figurations, Revisions, and Transformations from Wycherley’s Time to the Present Day
Rossana Sebellin – Two Country Wives, Forty Years Apart. Considerations on Retranslating Comedy in Italy
Michela Marroni – William Wycherley for Italian Readers: a Comparative Analysis of Two Translations of The Country Wife
Miscellany
Francesca Forlini – Challenging Narratives: Immersive Practices and the Representation of the Refugee Experience in Clare Bayley’s The Container
Special Section
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