{"product_id":"western-translation-theory-from-herodotus-to-nietzsche-from-herodotus-to-nietzsche-9781900650373","title":"Western Translation Theory from Herodotus to","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eDouglas Robinson offers the most comprehensive collection of translation theory readings available to date, from the Histories of Herodotus in the mid-fifth century before our era to the end of the nineteenth century. The result is a startling panoply of thinking about translation across the centuries, covering such topics as the best type of translator, problems of translating sacred texts, translation and language teaching, translation as rhetoric, translation and empire, and translation and gender.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis pioneering anthology contains 124 texts by 90 authors, 9 of them women. Sixteen texts by 4 authors appear here for the first time in English translation; 17 texts by 9 authors appear in completely new translations. Every entry is provided with a bibliographical headnote and footnotes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntended for classroom use in History of Translation Theory, History of Rhetoric or History of Western Thought courses, this anthology will also prove useful to scholars of translation and those interested in the intellectual history of the West.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDouglas Robinson ... has rendered a great service to all those interested in translation theory, both as a fundamentally linguistic construct and as a Western socio-cultural phenomenon. (K. Lloyd-Jones, International Journal of the Classical Tradition)  Every translator should dip into it and sample our professional discipline in its historical persective. (Ronald Sim, Notes on Translation)  ... bound to become the major anthology in English ... a splendid achievement. (Theo Hermans, Translation and Literature)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eEditor's Preface xvii\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHerodotus\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnonymous ('Aristeas') \u003cbr\u003eMarcus Tullius Cicero \u003cbr\u003ePhilo Judaeus \u003cbr\u003eHorace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus) \u003cbr\u003ePaul of Tarsus \u003cbr\u003eLucius Annaeus Seneca \u003cbr\u003ePliny the Younger (Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus)\u003cbr\u003eQuintilian (Marcus Fabius Quintilianus) \u003cbr\u003eAulus Gellius \u003cbr\u003eEpiphanius of Constantia (Salamis) \u003cbr\u003eJerome (Eusebius Hieronymus) \u003cbr\u003eAugustine (Aurelius Augustinus) \u003cbr\u003eC. Chirius Fortunatianus \u003cbr\u003eAnicius Manlius Severinus Boethius \u003cbr\u003eGregory the Great \u003cbr\u003eJohn Scotus Eriugena \u003cbr\u003eKing Alfred \u003cbr\u003eAelfric \u003cbr\u003eNotker the German \u003cbr\u003eBurgundio of Pisa \u003cbr\u003eAnonymous \u003cbr\u003eThomas Aquinas \u003cbr\u003eRoger Bacon \u003cbr\u003eJean de Meun \u003cbr\u003eDante Alighieri \u003cbr\u003eAnonymous \u003cbr\u003eRichard Rolle \u003cbr\u003eJohn of Trevisa \u003cbr\u003eColuccio Salutati \u003cbr\u003eAnonymous (John Purvey?) \u003cbr\u003eLeonardo Bruni \u003cbr\u003eKing Duarte \u003cbr\u003eWilliam Caxton \u003cbr\u003eDesiderius Erasmus \u003cbr\u003eThomas More \u003cbr\u003eMartin Luther \u003cbr\u003eWilliam Tyndale \u003cbr\u003eJuan Luis Vives \u003cbr\u003eEtienne Dolet \u003cbr\u003eElizabeth Tudor \u003cbr\u003eMikael Agricola \u003cbr\u003eJoachim du Bellay \u003cbr\u003eAnna Cooke \u003cbr\u003eJacques Peletier du Mans \u003cbr\u003eRoger Ascham \u003cbr\u003eEtienne Pasquier \u003cbr\u003eMargeret Tyler \u003cbr\u003eMichel Eyquem de Montaigne \u003cbr\u003eGregory Martin\u003cbr\u003eWilliam Fulke \u003cbr\u003eJohn Florio \u003cbr\u003eGeorge Chapman \u003cbr\u003eMiles Smith \u003cbr\u003eMiguel de Cervantes Saavedra \u003cbr\u003eJean Chapelain \u003cbr\u003eJoseph Webbe \u003cbr\u003eSuzanne du Vegerre \u003cbr\u003eJohn Denham \u003cbr\u003eNicolas Perrot d'Ablancourt\u003cbr\u003eAbraham Cowley \u003cbr\u003ePierre Daniel Huet \u003cbr\u003eKatherine Philips\u003cbr\u003eJohn Dryden \u003cbr\u003eWentworth Dillon, Earl of Roscommon \u003cbr\u003eAphra Behn \u003cbr\u003eGottfried Wilhelm Leibniz \u003cbr\u003eAnne Dacier \u003cbr\u003eJoseph Addison\u003cbr\u003eAlexander Pope\u003cbr\u003eCharles Batteux\u003cbr\u003eElizabeth Carter \u003cbr\u003eSamuel Johnson \u003cbr\u003eJohann Gottfried Herder \u003cbr\u003eAlexander Frazer Tytler \u003cbr\u003eNovalis (Friedrich Leopold, Baron von Hardenberg) \u003cbr\u003eAugust Wilhelm von Schlegel\u003cbr\u003eJohann Wolfgang von Goethe\u003cbr\u003eFriedrich Schleiermacher \u003cbr\u003eWilhelm von Humboldt\u003cbr\u003eAnne-Louise-Germaine Necker, baronne de Staël-Holstein \u003cbr\u003ePercy Bysshe Shelley \u003cbr\u003eArthur Schopenhauer\u003cbr\u003eEdward FitzGerald \u003cbr\u003eMatthew Arnold \u003cbr\u003eFrancis W. Newman\u003cbr\u003eRichard F. Burton \u003cbr\u003eRobert Browning \u003cbr\u003eFriedrich Nietzsche\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBiographies, pp 265-293\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"St Jerome Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51020770050391,"sku":"9781900650373","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781900650373.jpg?v=1750784334","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/western-translation-theory-from-herodotus-to-nietzsche-from-herodotus-to-nietzsche-9781900650373","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}