Faithful Translators: Authorship, Gender, and Religion in Early Modern England

by Jaime Goodrich

Book Overview

With Faithful Translators Jaime Goodrich offers the first in-depth examination of women's devotional translations and of religious translations in general within early modern England. Placing female translators such as Queen Elizabeth I and Mary Sidney Herbert, Countess of Pembroke, alongside their male counterparts, such as Sir Thomas More and Sir Philip Sidney, Goodrich argues that both male and female translators constructed authorial poses that...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810129388
• ISBN13: 9780810129382
• Release Date: December 2013
• Publisher: Northwestern University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"