The English Boccaccio : a history in books /
Drawing on the disciplines of book history, translation studies, comparative literature and visual studies, the author focuses on the book as an object, examining how specific copies of manuscripts and printed books were presented to an English readership by a variety of translators. Armstrong is th...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Toronto ; Buffalo :
University of Toronto Press,
[2013]
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| Summary: | Drawing on the disciplines of book history, translation studies, comparative literature and visual studies, the author focuses on the book as an object, examining how specific copies of manuscripts and printed books were presented to an English readership by a variety of translators. Armstrong is thereby able to reveal how the medieval text in translation is remade and reauthorized for every new generation of readers. |
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| Physical Description: | xiv, 464 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [404]-441) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9781442646032 1442646039 |