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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785081903321

Titolo

The Oxford history of literary translation in English . Volume 1 To 1550 [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Roger Ellis ; general editors: Stuart Gillespie and David Hopkins

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2008

ISBN

1-383-03835-X

1-281-34168-1

9786611341688

1-4416-0717-X

0-19-152981-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (496 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

EllisRoger <1943 May 16->

GillespieStuart <1958->

HopkinsDavid <1948->

Disciplina

418.02

820.9

Soggetti

Literature - Translations into English - History and criticism

Translating and interpreting - English-speaking countries

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; General Editors' Foreword; List of Contributors; List of Abbreviations; Preface; 1. Contexts of Translation; 2. Theories of Translation; 3. The Translator; 4. The Developing Corpus of Literary Translation; 5. Subjects of Translation; 6. The Translators: Biographical Sketches; Index of Manuscripts; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Translation has played a vital part in the history of literature throughout the English-speaking world. Offering for the first time a comprehensive view of this phenomenon, this pioneering five-volume work casts a vivid new light on the history of English literature. Incorporating critical discussion of translations, it explores the changing nature and function of translation and the social and intellectual milieu of the translators. - ;THE OXFORD HISTORY OF LITERARY TRANSLATION IN ENGLISH. General Editors: Peter France and



Stuart Gillespie. This groundbreaking five-volume history runs from th