Abstract:This study of early Old English translation attempts a conceptual refocusing of its function as a literary activity in general and more specifically in connection with King Alfred the Great's programme. It traces influences on the theory of translation and on how translation was perceived from Cicero and Horace to Alfred, and it concentrates on the prefatory material and translation practice employed in Waerferth's Old English Dialogues and the Alfredian versions of the Cura Pastoralis, the De Consolatione Phi… Show more
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