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Record Nr.

UNINA9910828907403321

Titolo

The Oxford history of literary translation in English . Vol. 1 To 1550 / / edited by Roger Ellis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , 2023

ISBN

1-383-03835-X

1-281-34168-1

9786611341688

1-4416-0717-X

0-19-152981-8

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (496 pages)

Collana

Oxford scholarship online.

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

Previously issued in print: 2008.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

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. This work aims to cast new light on the history of English literature and the changing nature and function of translation as well as the social and intellectual milieu of the translators.