Theaters of Translation: Cosmopolitan Vernacula. Keener, Keener,**

Name: Theaters of Translation: Cosmopolitan Vernacula. Keener, Keener,**
Brand: The University of Alabama Press

The University of Alabama Press

Explores the profound influence of multilingual dictionaries, dialogues, and grammars on English Renaissance playwrights\n In Theaters of Translation, Andrew S. Keener offers a fascinating account of the ways that plays by Thomas Kyd, Mary Sidney Herbert, Ben Jonson, and their fellow English contemporaries were shaped by and part of a multilingual Europe where dictionaries, grammars, and language-learning materials circulated widely. He proposes a fresh, multilingual approach to English Renaissance drama that challenges the histories of early modern European languages as sites of national and linguistic cohesion. \n Covering the period between 1570 and 1640, when England\u2019s drama and the English language itself were evolving, Keener uses the term \u201Ccosmopolitan vernaculars\u201D to examine how\n\nTheaters of Translation\nCosmopolitan Vernaculars in Shakespeare's England\nFree UK delivery on this item.\n\nThis brand new item is available with free UK delivery using Royal Mail ;