The Politics of Translation in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance

by Daniel Russell and Renate Blumenfeld-Kosinski

The articles in this collection focus on politics in the widest sense and its influence and visibility in translations from the early Middle Ages to the late Renaissance.

Medievalists and Renaissance scholars discuss the "cultural turn" in translation studies, which approaches translation as an activity that is powerfully affected by its socio-political context and the demands of the translating culture. The links made between culture, politics,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0776605275
• ISBN13: 9780776605272
• Release Date: March 2001
• Publisher: University of Ottawa Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"