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Book SynopsisOffering 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.
Trade ReviewMagisterial...provides invaluable historical groundwork for anyone wishing to attempt a closer study of translation specificities of the nineteenth century Jeremy Munday, The Year's Work in Critical and Cultural Theory Together with volume 3 in the series, Peter France and his team provided a comprehensive documentation of nearly two and a half centuries of translating in Great Britian. Armin Paul Frank Target ...monumental achievement...admirably comprehensive project. Diego Saglia A critical and historical work in its own right...all the contributors to the volume have consistently maintained an impressive standard of scholarship. There are no weak sections...an up-to-date bibliography to serve as a stimulus to fuller exploration. Leon Burnett, Translation and Literature The editors and contributors are to be warmly congratulated for assembling, consolidating and making available so much useful knowledge William St Clair, TLS The virtues of this capacious, well-ordered volume augur well for the colossal work-in-progress in which it will hold the penultimate place... The book is eminently browsable and consultable Herbert F. Tucker, Modern Philolgy This collection is a goldmine of information regarding an important part of our literary heritage in an age in which it has reached unparalled heights. Contemporary Review, Volume 288 This volume, the second in the series to be published, is if anything an even more valuable addition than volume III to our understanding of the complete range of what was being read in Britain and the United States during the period that it covers. MLR, 103.1
Table of ContentsCHAPTER 1: TRANSLATION IN BRITAIN AND AMERICA; CHAPTER 2: PRINCIPLES AND NORMS OF TRANSLATION; CHAPTER 3: THE TRANSLATOR; CHAPTER 4: THE PUBLICATION OF LITERARY TRANSLATION: AN OVERVIEW; CHAPTER 5: GREEK AND LATIN LITERATURE; CHAPTER 6: LITERATURES OF MEDIEVAL AND MODERN EUROPE; CHAPTER 7: EASTERN LITERATURES; CHAPTER 8: POPULAR CULTURE; CHAPTER 9: TEXTS FOR MUSIC AND ORAL LITERATURE; CHAPTER 10: SACRED AND RELIGIOUS TEXTS; CHAPTER 11: PHILOSOPHY, HISTORY, AND TRAVEL WRITING; CHAPTER 12: THE TRANSLATORS: BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES
