Translation played a crucial role in the emergence of vernacular literary culture in the Middle Ages. This is the first book to consider the rise of translation as part of a broader history of critical discourses from classical Rome to the late Middle Ages, and as such adds significantly to our understanding of the development of European culture.
| ISBN: | 9780521385176 |
| Publication date: | 22nd February 1991 |
| Author: | Rita Copeland |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 309 pages |
| Series: | Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature |
| Genres: |
Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval |