{"product_id":"english-translation-and-classical-reception-9781405199018","title":"English Translation and Classical Reception","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEnglish Translation and Classical Reception\u003c\/i\u003e 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.  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe first book-length study of English translation as a topic in classical reception\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDraws on the author's exhaustive knowledge of English literary translation from the early Renaissance to the present\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eArgues 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\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers a widely ranging chronological analysis of English translation from ancient literatures\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePreviously little-known, unknown, and sometimes suppressed translated texts are recovered from manuscripts and explored in terms of their implications for Eng\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Stuart Gillespie’s English Translation and Classical Reception is a beneficiary of this ferment, supplemented by the author’s comprehensive knowledge of translation history, translation theory, and the growing bibliography in his field.”  (\u003ci\u003eModern Philology\u003c\/i\u003e, 1 August 2014)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Overall, this volume will be a key resource for the study of creative translation of classical texts in English, and thoroughly succeeds in emphasising its importance in the history of English literature. Its author's unmatched grasp of the range of the source material is a great benefit....\" (Bmcreview, 8 February 2012)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Taken together, the various case studies of the book express an energetic engagement with the rich inheritance of classical literature and its complex role in and through English translation.”  (\u003ci\u003eCJ-Online\u003c\/i\u003e, 5 September 2012)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface vi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements viii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNote on Texts x\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Making the Classics Belong: A Historical Introduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Creative Translation 20\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. English Renaissance Poets and the Translating Tradition 33\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Two-Way Reception: Shakespeare’s Influence on Plutarch 47\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Transformative Translation: Dryden’s Horatian Ode 60\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Statius and the Aesthetics of Eighteenth-Century Poetry 76\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Classical Translation and the Formation of the English Literary Canon 93\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. Evidence for an Alternative History: Manuscript Translations of the Long Eighteenth Century 104\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. Receiving Wordsworth, Receiving Juvenal: Wordsworth’s Suppressed Eighth Satire 123\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. The Persistence of Translations: Lucretius in the Nineteenth Century 150\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11. ‘Oddity and struggling dumbness’: Ted Hughes’s Homer 163\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12. Afterword 180\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 183\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex of Ancient Authors and Passages 200\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGeneral Index 203\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49407932039511,"sku":"9781405199018","price":80.96,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781405199018.jpg?v=1730500998","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/english-translation-and-classical-reception-9781405199018","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}