Translators and Their Prologues in Medieval England

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

List of contents

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

About the author

Elizabeth Dearnley

Product details

• Authors: Elizabeth Dearnley, Elizabeth (Author) Dearnley
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.09.2016
• EAN: 9781843844426
• ISBN: 978-1-84384-442-6
• No. of pages: 314
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 236 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 862 g
• Series: Bristol Studies in Medieval Cultures; Bristol Studies in Medieval Cultures; Bristol Studies in Medieval Cu
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies