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Dryden : The Poetics of Translation / Judith Sloman; Anne McWhir.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sloman, Judith, Author.
- Series:
- Heritage
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Dryden, John, 1631-1700--Knowledge--Language and languages.
- Dryden, John.
- Classical languages--Translating into English.
- Classical languages.
- Classical poetry--Translations into English--History and criticism.
- Classical poetry.
- Poetics--History--17th century.
- Poetics.
- Poetry--Translating.
- Poetry.
- Poetry--Translations into English--History and criticism.
- Translating and interpreting--England--History--17th century.
- Translating and interpreting.
- England.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xii, 265 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2020]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- In this book the author is therefore concerned in part with the connection between personality and art and in part with the political, religious, and literary context in which Dryden worked.
- Contents:
- Cover; FOREWORD by Anne McWhir; PREFACE by Patricia Brückmann; 1 The Poetics of Translation: Beyond Metaphrase, Paraphrase, and Imitation; 2 Translation and Personal Identity; 3 Collective Translations; 4 Sylvae and Epicurean Art; 5 Examen Poeticum: Dryden against His Age; 6 Dryden's Aeneis and Fables; 7 Fables Ancient and Modern; 8 Dryden's Theological Poets; 9 The Use of Hieroglyphs in Fables; EPILOGUE; NOTES; GENERAL INDEX; INDEX OF DRYDEN'S WORKS
- Notes:
- Includes indexes.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)
- ISBN:
- 1-4875-7469-X
- OCLC:
- 1153507402
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