A History of Verse Translation / Irish

by Robert Welch

This study surveys the course of verse translation from the Irish, starting with the notorious Macpherson controversy and ending with the publication of George Sigerson's Bards of the Gael and Gall in 1897. Professor Welch considers some of the problems and challenges relating to the translation of Irish verse into English in the context of translation theory and ideas about cultural differentiation. Throughout the book, we see again and again the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0861402499
• ISBN13: 9780861402496
• Release Date: May 1988
• Publisher: Colin Smythe
• Length: 200 Pages