Description
This book offers a comprehensive account of the methods and practice of learning modern languages, particularly Italian, in late sixteenth and early seventeenth century England. It is the first study to suggest a fundamental connection between language-learning habits and the techniques for both reading and imitating Italian materials employed by a range of poets and dramatists, such as Daniel, Drummond, Marston and Shakespeare, in the period.
The widespread use of bilingual parallel-text instruction manuals from the 1570s onwards, most notably those of the Italian teacher John Florio, highlights the importance of translation in the language-learning process.
This study emphasises the impact of language-learning translation on contemporary habits of literary imitation, in its detailed analyses of Daniel's sonnet sequence 'Delia' and his pastoral tragicomedies, and Shakespeare's use of Italian materials in 'Measure for Measure' and 'Othello'.
About the Author
Jason Lawrence is Lecturer in English at the University of Hull.
Book Information
ISBN 9780719069154
Author Jason Lawrence
Format Paperback
Page Count 229
Imprint Manchester University Press
Publisher Manchester University Press
Weight(grams) 281g
Dimensions(mm) 216mm * 138mm * 13mm
