Latin translation in the Renaissance
Subtitle: the theory and practice of Leonardo Bruni, Giannozzo Manetti, and Desiderius Erasmus
By: Paul Botley.
Series: Cambridge classical studies
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Cambridge, U.K; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 207
Subjects: Manetti, Giannozzo, 1396-1459 -- Knowledge -- Language and languages.; Erasmus, Desiderius, d. 1536 -- Knowledge -- Language and languages.; Bruni, Leonardo, 1369-1444 -- Knowledge -- Language and languages.; Latin language, Medieval and modern -- Translating.; Translating and interpreting -- Europe -- History -- 16th century.; Translating and interpreting -- Europe -- History -- To 1500.; Greek language -- Translating into Latin -- History.
Description: "This book examines the work of three Latin translators of the Renaissance. The versions of Aristotle made by Leonardo Bruni (1370-1444) were among the most controversial translations of the fifteenth century and he defended his methods in the first modern treatise on translation, De interpretatione recta. Giannozzo Manetti (1396-1459) produced versions of Aristotle and the Bible and he too ultimately felt obliged to publish his own defence of the translator's art, Apologeticus. Desiderius Erasmus (c.1469-1536) chose to defend his own translation of the New Testament, one of the most controversial translations ever printed, with a substantial and expanding volume of annotations. This book attempts to provide a broad perspective on the development of Latin writing about translation by drawing together the ideas of these three very different translators."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 182-203) and index.
Englargement of author's thesis (doctoral)--Caius College, University of Cambridge.