The Medieval Translator : The Theory and Practice of Translation in the Middle Ages Hardback
Edited by Roger Ellis
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These studies of the theory and practice of translation in the middle ages show a wide range of translational practices, on texts which range from anonymous Middle English romances and Biblical commentaries to the writings of Usk,Chaucer and Malory.
Included among them is a paper on a hitherto unknown woman translator, Dame Eleanor Hull; a paper which compares a draft translation with its fair copy to show how its translator worked; a paper which shows how the mystic Rolle sought to "translate" his heightened spiritual experiences into words; and so on.
In a medieval translation the general priority of meaning over form and style enabled, even obliged, the translator to act more like an author than like a scribe. Consequently, the study of medieval translation throws important light on contemporary, attitudes to, and understandings of, fundamental literary questions: for example, and most importantly, that of the role of the author.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:208 pages, 4 b/w illus.
- Publisher:Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Publication Date:03/08/1989
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- ISBN:9780859912846
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Out of StockMore expected soonContact us for further information
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:208 pages, 4 b/w illus.
- Publisher:Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Publication Date:03/08/1989
- Category:
- ISBN:9780859912846