Printers Without Borders - Translation and Textuality in the Renaissance

This book explores how England's first printers transformed English Renaissance literary culture by collaborating with translators to reshape foreign texts.

List of contents

1. 'Englishing' texts: patterns of early modern translation and transmission; 2. Caxton, translation, and the Renaissance reprint culture; 3: 'Bastard Allone': radiant translation and the status of English letters; 4. Compressed transnationalism: John Wolfe's trilingual Courtier; 5. The world on one page: an octolingual Armada broadside; 6. Macaronic verse, plurilingual printing, and the uses of translation; Afterword; Appendix; Bibliography.

About the author

A. E. B. Coldiron is Professor of English and History of Text Technologies and affiliated faculty in French at Florida State University. She is the author of Canon, Period, and the Poetry of Charles of Orleans: Found in Translation (2000) and English Printing, Verse Translation, and the Battle of the Sexes, 1476–1557 (2009). She has also published numerous articles on translation, Renaissance literature, print culture and poetics. She serves on the board of directors of SHARP and on the editorial board of the MHRA Tudor and Stuart Translations.

Summary

This innovative book reveals how early printing and translation transformed English Renaissance literary culture. Combining insights from both textual and translation studies, ten detailed case studies explore printed translations between Caxton and the late Elizabethan era. This volume appeals to readers interested in early modern English literature, translation, and print culture.

Product details

• Authors: A E B Coldiron, A. E. B. Coldiron, A. E. B. (Florida State University) Coldiron, A.e.b. Coldiron, Coldiron A. E. B.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 09.04.2015
• EAN: 9781107073173
• ISBN: 978-1-107-07317-3
• No. of pages: 356
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; LITERARY CRITICISM / European / General, Literature & literary studies, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Literary studies: general, Prints & printmaking, Printing, packaging & reprographic industry, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800