Faithful Translators
Authorship, Gender, and Religion in Early Modern England
1st Edition
Published on 31. December 2013
288 pages
978-0-8101-6738-4 (ISBN)
Description
With Faithful Translators Jaime Goodrich offers the first in-depth examination of women's devotional translations and of religious translations in general within early modern England. Placing female translators such as Queen Elizabeth I and Mary Sidney Herbert, Countess of Pembroke, alongside their male counterparts, such as Sir Thomas More and Sir Philip Sidney, Goodrich argues that both male and female translators constructed authorial poses that allowed their works to serve four distinct cultural functions: creating privacy, spreading propaganda, providing counsel, and representing religious groups. Ultimately, Faithful Translators calls for a reconsideration of the apparent simplicity of "e,faithful"e, translations and aims to reconfigure perceptions of early modern authorship, translation, and women writers.
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Content
- Intro
- Contents
- List of Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction. Religious Translation in Early Modern England
- Chapter One. Private Spheres: Margaret Roper, Mary Basset, and Catholic Identity
- Chapter Two. Royal Propaganda: Mary Tudor, Elizabeth Tudor, and the Edwardian Reformation
- Chapter Three. Princely Counsel: Mary Sidney Herbert, Elizabeth I, and International Protestantism
- Chapter Four. Anonymous Representatives: Mary Percy, Potentiana Deacon, and Monastic Spirituality
- Conclusion. Authority and Authorship in Early Modern England
- Notes
- Selected Bibliography
- Index
