This volume explores the reception of Premchand s works and his influence in the perception of India among Western cultures, especially Russian, German, French, Spanish and English. The essays in the collection also take a critical look at multiple translations of the same work (and examine how each new translation expands the work s textuality and annexes new readership for the author) as well as representations of celluloid adaptations of Premchand s works.

An important intervention in the field of translation studies, this book will interest scholars and researchers of comparative...