Women and early modern cultures of translation : beyond the female tradition /
Brown, Hilary, 1967-
Women and early modern cultures of translation : beyond the female tradition / Hilary Brown. - First edition. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2022] - 1 online resource (320 pages) : illustrations (colour).
Women and Early Modern Cultures of Translation: Beyond the Female Tradition offers a fresh account of early modern translation and the history of women translators. Research on women translators has often focused on early modern England; the example of early modern England has been taken as the norm for the rest of the continent and has shaped research on gender and translation more generally. This book brings a new European perspective to the field by introducing the case of Germany. It draws attention to forty women who can be identified as translators in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Germany and shows how their work does not fit easily into traditional narratives about marginalization and subversiveness. The study uses the example of Germany to argue against reading the work of translating women primarily through the lens of gender and to challenge claims about the existence of a female translation tradition which transcends the boundaries of time and place. Instead, it makes the case for a new, contextualizing approach to the study of women translators in history.
9780191927072
Translating and interpreting--History--16th century.
Translating and interpreting--History--17th century.
Women translators--History--Germany--16th century.
Women translators--History--Germany--17th century.
Translating and interpreting.
Women translators.
Electronic books.
418.020903
Women and early modern cultures of translation : beyond the female tradition / Hilary Brown. - First edition. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2022] - 1 online resource (320 pages) : illustrations (colour).
Women and Early Modern Cultures of Translation: Beyond the Female Tradition offers a fresh account of early modern translation and the history of women translators. Research on women translators has often focused on early modern England; the example of early modern England has been taken as the norm for the rest of the continent and has shaped research on gender and translation more generally. This book brings a new European perspective to the field by introducing the case of Germany. It draws attention to forty women who can be identified as translators in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Germany and shows how their work does not fit easily into traditional narratives about marginalization and subversiveness. The study uses the example of Germany to argue against reading the work of translating women primarily through the lens of gender and to challenge claims about the existence of a female translation tradition which transcends the boundaries of time and place. Instead, it makes the case for a new, contextualizing approach to the study of women translators in history.
9780191927072
Translating and interpreting--History--16th century.
Translating and interpreting--History--17th century.
Women translators--History--Germany--16th century.
Women translators--History--Germany--17th century.
Translating and interpreting.
Women translators.
Electronic books.
418.020903