Diologism, Heteroglossia, and Late Medieval Translation

Author / Editor
Pinti, Daniel J.

Title
Diologism, Heteroglossia, and Late Medieval Translation

Published
Translation Review 44-45 (1994): 16-23.

Description
Examines Gavin Douglas's "Eneados" as a work in which Mikhail Bakhtin's notions of diologism and heteroglossia help illuminate medieval translation practice. Encourages application of such an approach to medieval translators, including Chaucer.

Chaucer Subjects
Background and General Criticism.