Dante Gabriel Rosetti’s translation of Dante’s Vita nuova : theory and practice.
Institution: | McGill University |
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Department: | Department of English. |
Degree: | MA. |
Year: | 1948 |
Keywords: | Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321. Vita nuova.; Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828-1882. |
Record ID: | 1483756 |
Full text PDF: | http://digitool.library.mcgill.ca/thesisfile125119.pdf |
In the examination of the text the prose and verse are considered separately indifferent chapters, but the points brought forth are similar in both. In discussing the literalness of the translation, omissions, textual deviat ions and other departures observed in Rossetti's rendition are noted and studied. It is also examined with respect to the translator's principle of fidelity, and the merits of the work are duly acknowledged. Up to the present Rossetti's translations have remained over-shadowed by the author's other brilliant accomplishments. I have undertaken, therefore, the present study as a step towards the fuller recognition of Rossetti's merits as a translator.