My book is out! On Guyart des Moulins's 1295 Bible historiale and how its translator, compilers, artists, and scribes "rewrite" it in response to changing ideas about what its target readers want from a Bible. https://t.co/3ZsfDnJOiO @utpress
I hear Jeopardy superstar and aspiring translator @GraceWithAnO is looking to study French literary translation. I might suggest TRIP at Binghamton University, one of the best (O.K., also one of few) translation Ph.D. programs out there! https://t.co/FYahzzuru5
Hey medievalists, consider submitting to my ICMS Kalamazoo session "Confronting Taboos, Medieval and Modern" (description in reply)
Begin submissions here: https://t.co/V01R4KXKZ1
, social difference, etc.); approaches to teaching taboo subject material; restoring/confronting taboo elements lost in modern translation/transmission (e.g. LGBTQ+ references) Deadline for New Submissions: Friday, September 15, 2023 https://t.co/V01R4KXKZ1
Topics may include: self-censorship by scribes, translators, editors, in either medieval or modern textual transmission; works that flaunt taboo words and topics (e.g. fabliaux); medieval discourses, concepts and categories of taboo (surrounding sex, religion, bodies, politics...
The latest from @DigitalPhilolo1 is a special issue, titled "The Medieval and Early Modern Reception of Marco Polo’s Description of the World." Read Guest Editor Mark Cruse's issue introduction: https://t.co/52a9gBYYbu
New issue! Vol. 11.2: The Medieval and Early Modern Reception of Marco Polo’s Description of the World. https://t.co/Cs2zDynaXm
Guest Editor, Mark Cruse