Western Translation Theory from Herodotus to Nietzsche

Western Translation Theory from Herodotus to Nietzsche
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 732
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ISBN-10 : 9781317640776
ISBN-13 : 1317640772
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Download or read book Western Translation Theory from Herodotus to Nietzsche written by Douglas Robinson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-04-08 with total page 732 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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, translation and empire, and translation and gender. This pioneering anthology contains 124 texts by 90 authors, 9 of them women. Sixteen texts by 4 authors appear here for the first time in English translation; 17 texts by 9 authors appear in completely new translations. Every entry is provided with a bibliographical headnote and footnotes. Intended for classroom use in History of Translation Theory, History of Rhetoric or History of Western Thought courses, this anthology will also prove useful to scholars of translation and those interested in the intellectual history of the West.


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