Western Translation Theory from Herodotus to Nietzsche: From Herodotus to Nietzsche

by Douglas Robinson

Book Overview

Douglas Robinson offers the most comprehensive collection of translation theory readings available to date, from the Histories of Herodotus in the mid-fifth century before our era to the end of the nineteenth century. The result is a startling panoply of thinking about translation across the centuries, covering such topics as the best type of translator, problems of translating sacred texts, translation and language teaching, translation as rhetoric,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1900650371
• ISBN13: 9781900650373
• Release Date: June 2002
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 338 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.7" x 9.6"