The Vernacular Aristotle : Translation as Reception in Medieval and Renaissance Italy Paperback / softback
by Eugenio (New York University) Refini
Part of the Classics after Antiquity series
Paperback / softback
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This book explores the ways in which Aristotle's legacy was appropriated and reshaped by vernacular readers in Medieval and Renaissance Italy.
It considers translation in a broad sense, looking at commentaries, compendia, rewritings, and abridgments alongside vernacular versions of Aristotle's works.
Translation is thus taken as quintessential to the very notion of reception, with a focus on the dynamics - cultural, social, material - that informed the appropriation and reshaping of the 'master of those who know' on the part of vernacular readers between 1250 and 1500.
By looking at the proactive and transformative nature of reception, this book challenges traditional narratives about the period and identifies the theory and practice of translation as a liminal space that facilitated the interaction between lay readers and the academic context while fostering the legitimation of the vernacular as a language suitable for philosophical discourse.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:296 pages, Worked examples or Exercises; 19 Halftones, black and white
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:06/04/2023
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- ISBN:9781108741439
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Out of StockMore expected soonContact us for further information
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:296 pages, Worked examples or Exercises; 19 Halftones, black and white
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:06/04/2023
- Category:
- ISBN:9781108741439