The Medieval Translator - The Theory and Practice of Translation in the Middle Ages (Hardcover)

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.

General

Imprint:	D.S. Brewer
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	August 1989
First published:	1989
Editors:	Roger Ellis
Contributors:	Alexandra Barratt • Anne Savage • Catherine Batt • Ian Johnson • J.D. Burnley • Nicholas Watson (Contributor) • Roger Ellis • Rosalind Field • Stephen Medcalf
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	208
ISBN-13:	978-0-85991-284-6
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Translation & interpretation > General Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > Classical, early & medieval
LSN:	0-85991-284-1
Barcode:	9780859912846

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