Founded in 1983, Paragraph is a leading journal in modern critical theory. It publishes essays and review articles in English which explore critical theory in general and its application to literature, other arts and society.This special issue of Paragraph is the first sustained critical reflection following the publication of the Dictionary of Untranslatables, and includes contributions by those who were most closely involved in the editing of this volume, by two of the translators (Mehlman, Syrotinski), as well as others whose work has been significantly inflected or influenced by the questions raised by the Dictionary

Michael Syrotinski is Marshall Professor of French and Research Convenor, Deputy Head in theSchool of Modern Languages and Cultures at the University of Glasgow.