Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 The Translator's Prologue: Latin and French Antecedents
- 2 The Translator's Prologue: The Germanic and Anglo-Saxon Background
- 3 The Development of the French > English Translator's Prologue
- 4 The Figure of the Translator
- 5 The Acquisition of French
- 6 The Case for Women Translators
- 7 The Presentation of Audience and the Later life of the Prologue
- 8 Middle Dutch Translators’ Prologues as a Sidelight on English Practice
- Conclusion
- Appendices
- Bibliography
- Index
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 The Translator's Prologue: Latin and French Antecedents
- 2 The Translator's Prologue: The Germanic and Anglo-Saxon Background
- 3 The Development of the French > English Translator's Prologue
- 4 The Figure of the Translator
- 5 The Acquisition of French
- 6 The Case for Women Translators
- 7 The Presentation of Audience and the Later life of the Prologue
- 8 Middle Dutch Translators’ Prologues as a Sidelight on English Practice
- Conclusion
- Appendices
- Bibliography
- Index
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- Translators and their Prologues in Medieval England , pp. xiii - xivPublisher: Boydell & BrewerPrint publication year: 2016