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These studies of the theory and practice of translation in the Middle Ages show a wide range of translational practices, on texts which range from anonymous Middle English romances and Biblical commentaries to the writings of Usk, Chaucer and Malory. Included among them is a paper on a hitherto unknown woman translator, Dame Eleanor Hull; a paper which compares a draft translation with its fair copy to show how its translator worked; a paper which shows how the mystic Rolle sought to 'translate' his heightened spiritual experiences into words; and so on. In a medieval translation the general priority of meaning over form and style enabled, even obliged, the translator to act more like an author than like a scribe. Consequently, the study of medieval translation throws important light on contemporary, attitudes to, and understandings of, fundamental literary questions: for example, and most importantly, that of the role of the author.

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Book category Books in English Literature & literary studies Literature: history & criticism Literary studies: general

• Full title: Medieval Translator
• Subtitle: The Theory and Practice of Translation in the Middle Ages
• Author: Roger Ellis
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 208
• EAN: 9780859912846
• ISBN: 0859912841
• ID: 04744021
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
• Weight: 488 g
• Dimensions: 239 × 165 × 18 mm

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