English Translation and Classical Reception

English Translation and Classical Reception

Author: Stuart Gillespie

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2011-05-06

Total Pages: 226

ISBN-13: 1405199016

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English Translation and Classical Reception is the first genuine cross-disciplinary study bringing English literary history to bear on questions about the reception of classical literary texts, and vice versa. The text draws on the author’s exhaustive knowledge of the subject from the early Renaissance to the present. The first book-length study of English translation as a topic in classical reception Draws on the author’s exhaustive knowledge of English literary translation from the early Renaissance to the present Argues for a remapping of English literary history which would take proper account of the currently neglected history of classical translation, from Chaucer to the present Offers a widely ranging chronological analysis of English translation from ancient literatures Previously little-known, unknown, and sometimes suppressed translated texts are recovered from manuscripts and explored in terms of their implications for English literary history and for the interpretation of classical literature


English Translation and Classical Reception

English Translation and Classical Reception

Author: Stuart Gillespie

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2011-02-23

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13: 144439648X

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English Translation and Classical Reception is the first genuine cross-disciplinary study bringing English literary history to bear on questions about the reception of classical literary texts, and vice versa. The text draws on the author’s exhaustive knowledge of the subject from the early Renaissance to the present. The first book-length study of English translation as a topic in classical reception Draws on the author’s exhaustive knowledge of English literary translation from the early Renaissance to the present Argues for a remapping of English literary history which would take proper account of the currently neglected history of classical translation, from Chaucer to the present Offers a widely ranging chronological analysis of English translation from ancient literatures Previously little-known, unknown, and sometimes suppressed translated texts are recovered from manuscripts and explored in terms of their implications for English literary history and for the interpretation of classical literature


Classics and Translation

Classics and Translation

Author: D. S. Carne-Ross

Publisher: Bucknell University Press

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 378

ISBN-13: 0838757669

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D. S. Carne-Ross (1921-2010) was one of the finest critics of classical literature in English translation after Arnold. More than four decades of Carne-Ross's writings are represented in this volume, which includes criticism of both ancient and modern writers, in addition to historical-critical studies of translation, discriminating analyses of translators widely read today, and investigations in the relationship between translation, criticism, and literary creation. This book will appeal to a wide audience including classicists, specialists in reception and translation studies, students of comparative literature, and literary readers. --


Tradition, Translation, Trauma

Tradition, Translation, Trauma

Author: Jan Parker

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2011-06-30

Total Pages: 375

ISBN-13: 0199554595

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A collection of essays by a team of distinguished international contributors concerned with how Classic - mainly Greek and Latin but also Arabic and Portuguese - texts become present in later cultures; how they are passed on, received and affect over time and space, and how they resonate in the modern.


Framing Classical Reception Studies

Framing Classical Reception Studies

Author:

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2020-07-13

Total Pages: 308

ISBN-13: 9004427023

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Many study the reception of Classical Antiquity today. But why, how and from what conceptual or disciplinary frame? A number of selected representative chapters on these questions illustrate the remarkable diversity and vitality of Classical Receptions Studies and set the agenda for future research.


The Oxford History of Classical Reception in English Literature: The Oxford History of Classical Reception in English Literature

The Oxford History of Classical Reception in English Literature: The Oxford History of Classical Reception in English Literature

Author: David Hopkins

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2012-09-27

Total Pages: 749

ISBN-13: 0199219818

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"The present volume [3] is the first to appear of the five that will comprise The Oxford History of Classical Reception in English Literature (henceforth OHCREL). Each volume of OHCREL will have its own editor or team of editors"--Preface.


Translation and the Classic

Translation and the Classic

Author: Alexandra Lianeri

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2008-08-21

Total Pages: 448

ISBN-13: 0199288070

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This collection of 18 essays, including one by Nobel Prize winning author J.M. Coetzee, explores the fascinating and nuanced relationship between translation and the classic text.


A Companion to Classical Receptions

A Companion to Classical Receptions

Author: Lorna Hardwick

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2011-04-12

Total Pages: 564

ISBN-13: 1444393774

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Examining the profusion of ways in which the arts, culture, and thought of Greece and Rome have been transmitted, interpreted, adapted and used, A Companion to Classical Receptions explores the impact of this phenomenon on both ancient and later societies. Provides a comprehensive introduction and overview of classical reception - the interpretation of classical art, culture, and thought in later centuries, and the fastest growing area in classics Brings together 34 essays by an international group of contributors focused on ancient and modern reception concepts and practices Combines close readings of key receptions with wider contextualization and discussion Explores the impact of Greek and Roman culture worldwide, including crucial new areas in Arabic literature, South African drama, the history of photography, and contemporary ethics


Receptions of Greek and Roman Antiquity in East Asia

Receptions of Greek and Roman Antiquity in East Asia

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Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2019-01-04

Total Pages: 494

ISBN-13: 9004370714

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Receptions of Greek and Roman Antiquity in East Asia is an interdisciplinary, collaborative, and global effort to examine the receptions of the Western Classical tradition in a cross-cultural context. The inclusion of modern East Asia in Classical reception studies not only allows scholars in the field to expand the scope of their scholarly inquiries but will also become a vital step toward transcending the meaning of Greco-Roman tradition into a common legacy for all of human society.


The Vernacular Aristotle

The Vernacular Aristotle

Author: Eugenio Refini

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2020-02-27

Total Pages: 297

ISBN-13: 1108481817

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The first study of the reception of Aristotle in Medieval and Renaissance Italy that considers the ethical dimension of translation.