Elizabeth Dearnley

Translators and Their Prologues in Medieval England

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

An examination of French to English translation in medieval England, through the genre of the prologue.

Produktdetails

• Bristol Studies in Medieval Cultures
• Verlag: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 314
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. September 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 155mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 836g
• ISBN-13: 9781843844426
• ISBN-10: 1843844427
• Artikelnr.: 44580563

Autorenporträt

Elizabeth Dearnley

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction The Translator's Prologue: Latin and French Antecedents The
Translator's Prologue: The Germanic and Anglo-Saxon Background The
Development of the French > English Translator's Prologue The Figure of the
Translator The Acquisition of French The Case for Women Translators The
Presentation of Audience and the Later Life of the Prologue Middle Dutch
Translator's Prologues as a Sidelight on English Practice Conclusion
Appendix 1: Breakdown of Corpus Motifs Appendix 2: Table of Verbs Used To
Represent Translation in the Corpus Bibliography