In this 1960 volume, James Winny examines prose translation in relation to the growth of intellectual curiosity in the sixteenth century. These translations are accompanied by concise textual and bibliographical commentaries. This volume will be of great use to any scholar of Elizabethan literature and the history of translation.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction; 1. Castiglione: The Courtier; 2. Lemnius: The Touchstone of Complexions; 3. Apuleius: The Golden Ass; 4. Heliodorus: An Ethiopian History; 5. Plutarch: Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans; 6. Guazzo: The Civil Conversation; 7. Mendoza: Lazarillo de Tormes; 8. Leroy: De la Vicissitude; 9. Nenna: A Treatise of Nobility; 10. Livy: The Roman History; 11. Pliny: The History of the World; 12. Montaigne: The Essays.