Theory and Practice of Chaucerian Modernisations in Eighteenth Century Britain with Particular Reference to George Ogle's 'Clerk's Tale'
- Author / Editor
- Nakamura, Tetsuko.
Theory and Practice of Chaucerian Modernisations in Eighteenth Century Britain with Particular Reference to George Ogle's 'Clerk's Tale'
- Published
- Roger Ellis and Rene Tixier, eds. The Medieval Translator/Traduire au Moyen Age, 5 ([Turnhout, Belgium] : Brepols, 1996), pp. 322-33.
- Description
- Surveys eighteenth-century translations of portions of Chaucer's CT, examining Ogle's translation of ClT as an example in which the translator adapted the original to contemporary taste. Ogle's Walter and Griselda are a couple with human feelings and sentiments.
- Alternative Title
- Medieval Translator, no. 05
- Chaucer Subjects
- Facsimiles, Editions, and Translations.
- Clerk and His Tale.