Abstract:This article explores the place of William Fowler's translation of Machiavelli's Prince in the Scottish Jacobean polysystem. Even if it was never finished, Fowler may have seen his rendering of Il Principe as a way of gaining King James's favor at a time when Fowler had become a peripheral member at the sovereign's court. Consequently, the translator's hybrid deployment of three different sources, together with his own additions and suppressions, were aimed to conform to James VI's political and cultural proje… Show more
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