The Medieval Translator: The Theory and Practice of Translation in the Middle Ages

Roger Ellis (Curatore)

Boydell & Brewer Ltd, 1989

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.

• Curatore: Roger Ellis
• Editore: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
• Anno: 1989
• Rilegatura: Hardback
• Pagine: 208 p.
• Dimensioni: 234 x 156 mm
• Peso: 488 gr.
• EAN: 9780859912846

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