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Translation Theory


These volumes give a sense of the diversity of women writers during this period! To find women writers of a particular religious persuasion, try searching “catholic”, “puritan”, “reformed” or “church of england” with your keywords.

The Oxford Guide to Literature in English Translation

Peter France, ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007.

The Manipulation of Literature: Studies in Literary Translation

Theo Hermans, ed. London: Croom Helm, 1985.

What is Translation History? A Trust-Based Approach.

Andrea Rizzi and Birgit Lang, et al. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.

Translation – Theory and Practice: A Historical Reader

Daniel Weissbort and Astradur Eysteinsson, eds. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006.

Translation in the Medieval &
Early Modern Periods


These volumes give a sense of the diversity of women writers during this period! To find women writers of a particular religious persuasion, try searching “catholic”, “puritan”, “reformed” or “church of england” with your keywords.

Thresholds of Translation: Paratexts, Print, and Cultural Exchange in Early Modern Britain (1473-1660)

Marie-Alice Belle and Brenda Hosington. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.

The Politics of Translation in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance

Renate Blumenfeld-Kosinski et al. eds. Ottawa: University of Ottawa Press, 2001.

The Culture of Translation in Early Modern England and France, 1500-1660

Tania Demetriou and Rowan Tomlinson eds. London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.

Tudor Translation

Schurink, Fred ed. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.

Renaissance Paratexts

Helen Smith and Louise Wilson. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011.

Women & Early Modern
Religious Translation


These volumes give a sense of the diversity of women writers during this period! To find women writers of a particular religious persuasion, try searching “catholic”, “puritan”, “reformed” or “church of england” with your keywords.

Silent but for the Word: Tudor Women as Patrons, Translators and Writers of Religious Works

Margaret P. Hannay, ed. Kent, Ohio: Kent State University Press, 1985.

Faithful Translators: Authorship, Gender, and Religion in Early Modern England

Jamie Goodrich. Evanston: Northwestern University Press, 2014.