Women and early modern cultures of translation : beyond the female tradition / Hilary Brown.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brown, Hilary, 1967- author.

Series:

Oxford Academic.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Translating and interpreting--History--16th century.

Translating and interpreting.

Translating and interpreting--History--17th century.

Women translators--Germany--History--16th century.

Women translators.

Women translators--Germany--History--17th century.

Germany.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (314 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2022]

Biography/History:

Hilary Brown is Senior Lecturer in Translation Studies at the University of Birmingham. Prior to joining the University of Birmingham, she was Lecturer in German at Swansea University (2005-2011). Dr Brown has published widely on the cultural history of translation in the period 1500-1800, including a monograph on the neglected translations of Germany's first prominent woman of letters, Luise Gottsched the Translator (Camden House, 2012).

Summary:

Women and Early Modern Cultures of Translation: Beyond the Female Tradition offers a fresh account of early modern translation and the history of women translators. Research on women translators has often focused on early modern England; the example of early modern England has been taken as the norm for the rest of the continent and has shaped research on gender and translation more generally. This book brings a new European perspective to the field by introducing the case of Germany. It draws attention to forty women who can be identified as translators in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Germany and shows how their work does not fit easily into traditional narratives about marginalization and subversiveness. The study uses the example of Germany to argue against reading the work of translating women primarily through the lens of gender and to challenge claims about the existence of a female translation tradition which transcends the boundaries of time and place. Instead, it makes the case for a new, contextualizing approach to the study of women translators in history.

Contents:

List of Illustrations

Note

Introduction

1. Perceptions of Translation

1.1 Translation and Femininity

1.2 The Case of Early Modern Germany

1.3 Conclusion

2. Conditions for Translation

2.1 In the Shadows of Men

2.2 The Subordinate Woman Model in Germany

2.3 Revisiting the Subordinate Woman

2.4 Collaboration and Agency

2.5 Conclusion

3. Fields of Translation

3.1 Women's Choice of Texts

3.2 Religious Translations by German Women

3.3 Non-Religious Translations by German Women

3.4 Conclusion

4. Methods of Translation

4.1 Marks of Female Authorship

4.2 German Practices and Cultural Patriotism

4.3 Conclusion

5. Modes of Translation

5.1 Manuscript vs Print

5.2 Manuscript Translation in Germany

5.3 The German Print Context

5.4 Conclusion

Conclusion

Appendix: Translations by Women in the German States, 1500-1690

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on Publisher website; title from home page (viewed on May 19, 2022).

ISBN:

9780192658319

019265831X

9780191927072

0191927074

9780192658302

0192658301

OCLC:

1323253924