English Translation and Classical Reception (Classical Receptions)

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English Translation and Classical Reception is the first genuine cross-disciplinary study bringing English literary history to bear on questions about the reception of classical literary texts, and vice versa. The text draws on the author’s exhaustive knowledge of the subject from the early Renaissance to the present.

The first book-length study of English translation as a topic in classical reception
Draws on the author’s exhaustive knowledge of English literary translation from the early Renaissance to the present.
Argues for a remapping of English literary history which would take proper account of the currently neglected history of classical translation, from Chaucer to the present
Offers a widely ranging chronological analysis of English translation from ancient literatures
Previously little-known, unknown, and sometimes suppressed translated texts are recovered from manuscripts and explored in terms of their implications for English literary history and for the interpretation of classical literature.



About the Author


Stuart Gillespie is senior research fellow with the Poverty, Health and Nutrition Division of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and CEO of the Transform Nutrition Research Programme Consortium.