The Vernacular Aristotle: Translation as Reception in Medieval and Renaissance Italy

ISBN-13: 9781108741439 / Angielski / Miękka / 2023

Eugenio Refini

Opis

Explores the ways in which Aristotle's legacy was appropriated and reshaped by vernacular readers in Medieval and Renaissance Italy. Focusing on the ethical implications of the theory and practice of translation, it illuminates the cultural and social dynamics that legitimated the vernacular as a language of knowledge.

Recenzje

'Scholars of the Renaissance and medieval period, of the history of philosophy, and of the history of the book and of literacy will prize Refini's immensely learned volume. It is equally valuable to literary scholars focused on the practice of reception and on translation, both of which are essential to scholarly interrogation of cultural continuity and discontinuity from the ancient to the modern periods.' Brenda Deen Schildgen, Speculum: A Journal of Medieval Studies

Spis treści

Introduction: translation as reception; 1. Taming the philosopher; 2. The master of those who know (and those who don't); 3. Family business: readying the ethics for the layman; 4. The philosopher, the humanist, the translator and the reader; 5. Abridging the philosopher(s); Conclusion: the spirit in the crystal bottle.