Renaissance Cultural Crossroads: Translation, Print and Culture in Britain, 1473-1640
Biographical note
Sara K. Barker, Ph.D. University of St Andrews, was postdoctoral fellow on the 'French Vernacular Book' and 'Renaissance Cultural Crossroads' projects, taught at the universities of Lancaster and Exeter, and has published on Reformation history, including a monograph, Protestantism, Poetry and Protest.
Brenda M. Hosington, Ph.D. University of Western Ontario, Professeure associée, Université de Montréal and Research Associate, University of Warwick, has published on medieval and Renaissance translation, women translators, Neo-Latin women writers, and was Principal Investigator for the 'Renaissance Cultural Crossroads' project.
Contributors are Guyda Armstrong, Sara K. Barker, Joyce Boro, Robert Cummings, Susanna De Schepper, A.S.G. Edwards, Brenda M. Hosington, Paul Hoftijzer, Isabelle Pantin, Fred Schurink, Barry Taylor and Demmy Verbeke.
Brenda M. Hosington, Ph.D. University of Western Ontario, Professeure associée, Université de Montréal and Research Associate, University of Warwick, has published on medieval and Renaissance translation, women translators, Neo-Latin women writers, and was Principal Investigator for the 'Renaissance Cultural Crossroads' project.
Contributors are Guyda Armstrong, Sara K. Barker, Joyce Boro, Robert Cummings, Susanna De Schepper, A.S.G. Edwards, Brenda M. Hosington, Paul Hoftijzer, Isabelle Pantin, Fred Schurink, Barry Taylor and Demmy Verbeke.
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Readers using academic and public libraries as specialists of translation history, book historians, postgraduates and final year undergraduates, and all those interested in the reception and transmission of knowledge and culture.
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