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Informationen zum Autor After National Service on the Russian interpreters' course, Peter France read French and Russian at Magdalen College, Oxford (1955-8), followed by study in Grenoble and Paris and an Oxford D. Phil. on Racine in 1963. From 1963 to 1980 he taught in the School of European Studies at the newly established University of Sussex, with a visiting year at the University of British Columbia. In 1980 he moved to the University of Edinburgh as Professor of French, becoming an Endowment Fellow in 1990 and an Honorary Fellow on his retiral in 2000.From 1979 to 1985 he was French Editor of the Modern Language Review, and has served on the advisory boards of numerous journals. He has been President of the British Comparative Literature Association (1992-8) and the International Society for the History of Rhetoric (1993-5). He is a Foreign Member of the Chuvash National Academy, a Fellow of both the British Academy and of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, and a Chevalier of the French Légion d'Honneur.Kenneth Haynes is Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature at Brown University. His previous publications include English Literature and Ancient Languages (OUP, 2003) and as co-editor, Horace in English (Penguin, 1996). Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung Offering a comprehensive view, this five-volume work casts a 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1: Translation in Britain and America 1.1: Kenneth Haynes: Translation and British Literary Culture 1.2: Colleen Boggs: Translation in the United States 1.3: Terry Hale: Readers and Publishers of Translations 1.4: Susan Bassnett and Peter France: Translation, Politics, and the Law Chapter 2: Principles and Norms of Translation Chapter 3: The Translator 3.1: Margaret Lesser: Professionals 3.2: Peter France: Amateurs and Enthusiasts 3.3: Stephen Prickett and Peter France: Writers 3.4: Adrian Poole: Academics 3.5: Susanne Stark: Women Chapter 4: The Publication of Literary Translation: an Overview Chapter 5: Greek and Latin Literature 5.1: Kenneth Haynes: Introduction 5.2: David Ricks: Homer 5.3: Adrian Poole: Greek Drama 5.4: John Talbot: Latin Poetry 5.5: Stuart Gillespie: Greek and Latin Prose Chapter 6: Literatures of Medieval and Modern Europe 6.1: David Constantine: German 6.2: Peter France: French 6.3: Ralph Pite: Italian 6.4: Anthony Pym and John Style: Spanish and Portuguese 6.5: Andrew Wawn: Early Literature of the North 6.6: Robert Bjork: Modern Scandinavian 6.7: Mary-Ann Constantine: Celtic 6.8: Peter France: Literatures of Central and Eastern Europe Chapter 7: Eastern Literatures 7.1: Wen-chin Ouyang: Arabic 7.2: Dick Davis: Persian 7.3: Harish Trivedi: Literatures of the Indian Sub-Continent 7.4: Lauren Pfister: Chinese 7.5: Anne Commons: Japanese Chapter 8: Popular Culture 8.1: Terry Hale: Popular Fiction 8.2: Terry Hale: Popular Theatre 8.3: David Blamires: Children's Literature Chapter 9: Texts for Music and Oral Literature 9.1: J. R. Watson: Hymns 9.2: Denise Gallo: Opera, Oratorio, Song 9.3: Kenneth Haynes: Oral Literature Chapter 10: Sacred and Religious Texts 10.1: Kenneth Haynes: Christian Texts 10.2: David Norton: ...
