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London calling : John Harington’s exegetical domestication of Ariosto in late sixteenth-century England
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Brazeau, Bryan (2016) London calling : John Harington’s exegetical domestication of Ariosto in late sixteenth-century England. History of European Ideas, 42 (5). pp. 640-650. doi:10.1080/01916599.2016.1152755 ISSN 0191-6599.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01916599.2016.1152755
Abstract
Sir John Harington's 1591 translation of ‘Ludovico’ Ariosto's Orlando Furioso has been much maligned for its free translation, digressive notes, and the translator's obtrusive presence. This essay addresses the question of Harington's accommodation of his audience using Paul Ricoeur's notion of ‘linguistic hospitality’ to consider how Harington invites English readers to engage with the Italian poem. Harington's exegetical notes and paratextual aids serve as a privileged site or ‘third text’ between the source and target texts to adapt Ariosto for English readers. The translator's anglicising strategies are grounded in contemporary Elizabethan reading practices, while also emulating the exegetical apparatus that accompanied the Italian reception of Ariosto's poem. Domestication strategies Harington employs include the anticipation of his audience's cultural biases, an emphasis on historical events of interest to English readers, and the inclusion of personal details that create cultural bridges between the reader, the translator, and the Italian author.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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Subjects: | P Language and Literature > PR English literature | ||||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Arts > School of Modern Languages and Cultures > Italian | ||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Harington, John, Sir, 1560-1612 -- Translations, Ariosto, Lodovico, 1474-1533 -- Orlando furioso, English literature -- Early modern, 1500-1700, Italian literature -- 16th century, Translating and interpreting -- Research | ||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | History of European Ideas | ||||||
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis | ||||||
ISSN: | 0191-6599 | ||||||
Official Date: | 16 May 2016 | ||||||
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Volume: | 42 | ||||||
Number: | 5 | ||||||
Page Range: | pp. 640-650 | ||||||
DOI: | 10.1080/01916599.2016.1152755 | ||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 17 May 2016 | ||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 16 November 2017 | ||||||
Funder: | Fonds québécois de la recherche sur la société et la culture, European Research Council (ERC) |
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