Reversing Babel : translation among the English during an age of conquests, c. 800 to c. 1200 / by Bruce R. O'Brien.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

O'Brien, Bruce R.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Translating and interpreting--History--To 1500.

Translating and interpreting.

Civilization, Medieval.

Literature, Medieval--Translations--History and criticism.

Literature, Medieval.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (311 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newark : University of Delaware Press, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The variety of medieval translation among the English, and among those translators working in the greater empires of Cnut, the Normans, and the Angevins, is remarkable. Reversing Babel does not try to describe all of it; rather, it charts a course through the evidence and tries to answer the fundamental questions medieval historians should ask when their sources are medieval translations.

Contents:

Contents; Figures and Maps; Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction; Ch01. Language and Translation in Early Medieval England; Ch02. Language Contact in Conquered England; Ch03. Motives; Ch04. Methods: Practical Matters; Ch05. Methods: Translators' Choices; Ch06. Final Observations; Appendix. Principal and Representative Translations; Works Cited; Index; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-61149-727-2

1-283-14594-4

9786613145949

1-61149-052-9

OCLC:

742333304