Chaucer Translator

by Paul Beekman Taylor

Book Overview

This book argues that Chaucer's theory of translation is based upon particular hermeneutic procedures of the day applied to the authoritative literary texts in the European cultural tradition. These texts encompass the European tradition extending from Plato through Christian humanism and Jean de Meun to Italian and French contemporaries. The work displays Chaucer's development as a translator from early attempts to render contemporary French poetry...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761809643
• ISBN13: 9780761809647
• Release Date: December 1997
• Publisher: University Press of America
• Length: 224 Pages