Luise Gottsched, 'Der Lockenraub' / Alexander Pope, 'The Rape of the Lock' - Softcover

 
9780947623845: Luise Gottsched, 'Der Lockenraub' / Alexander Pope, 'The Rape of the Lock'
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0947623841 ISBN 13: 9780947623845
Publisher: Modern Humanities Research Association, 2014

Synopsis

Luise Gottsched was one of the most prominent translators in eighteenth-century Germany, bringing her countrymen into contact with the work of many key writers, thinkers and scientists in the European republic of letters. Der Lockenraub (1744) was the first German verse translation of Alexander Pope's Rape of the Lock (1714), and an impressive achievement at a time when English was still an exotic language in Germany and England largely a terra incognita. The introduction will outline the circumstances which gave rise to this important text and discuss its influence on the development of mock-epic poetry in Germany. The volume will thus underline the crucial role played by translation in shaping German culture during the Enlightenment.

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Review

‘Her edition also shows the way forward for Translation Studies by returning to a detailed comparison of a translation with the original source text.’ — John Guthrie, Modern Language Review 111, 2016, 578

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Publisher
Modern Humanities Research Association
Publication date
2014
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0947623841
ISBN 13 
9780947623845
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
102
Editor
Brown Prof Hilary