This book explores the fifteenth-century translations of Richard Rolle's Latin and English writings into English and Latin, respectively, raising questions about the impact of translation on an author's legacy through the editorial activity of his translators. The volume also discusses Rolle's sensory mysticism - which was criticized by the ensuing generation of mystics - whilst looking into the ways in which translations of his work create a fifteenth-century version of Rolle. This study illustrates individual encounters with Rolle's writings in which interpretation was much more overt than in the devotional reuse of untranslated Rollean material. The volume asks if alternative and perhaps controversial portraits of the same author arise from the translations.
| ISBN: | 9782503577692 |
| Publication date: | 13th December 2018 |
| Author: | Tamás Karáth |
| Publisher: | Brepols an imprint of Brepols Publishers |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 382 pages |
| Series: | Medieval Church Studies |
| Genres: |
Christianity |
This book explores the fifteenth-century translations of Richard Rolle's Latin and English writings into English and Latin, respectively, raising questions about the impact of translation on an author's legacy through the editorial activity of his translators. The volume also discusses Rolle's sensory mysticism - which was criticized by the ensuing generation of mystics - whilst looking into the ways in which translations of his work create a fifteenth-century version of Rolle. This study illustrates individual encounters with Rolle's writings in which interpretation was much more overt than in the devotional reuse of untranslated Rollean material. The volume asks if alternative and perhaps controversial portraits of the same author arise from the translations.
Richard Rolle features in the following genres: Christianity
Richard Rolle is available in Hardback
Richard Rolle was written by Tamás Karáth and published by Brepols an imprint of Brepols Publishers
Richard Rolle has 382 pages
Yes it is part of Medieval Church Studies series