'Who the Devil Taught Thee So Much Italian?'

Jason Lawrence

ISBN 10: 0719069157 / ISBN 13: 9780719069154

Editore: Manchester University Press, GB, 2011

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'. Codice articolo LU-9780719069154

Riassunto:

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'.

Informazioni sugli autori:
Jason Lawrence is Lecturer in English at the University of Hull


Jason Lawrence is Lecturer in English at the University of Hull

Jason Lawrence is Lecturer in English at the University of Hull.

Dati bibliografici

Titolo: 'Who the Devil Taught Thee So Much Italian?'
Casa editrice: Manchester University Press, GB
Data di pubblicazione: 2011
Legatura: Paperback
Condizione: New