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Syndergaard, Larry E. 1995. English translations of the Scandinavian medieval ballads: an analytical guide and bibliography (NIF Publications 30). Turku: The Nordic Institute of Folklore. x + 242 pp.
Publication type
Reference work
Publication language
English
Keywords
analysis | bibliography | genre | historical approach=historiography=history | interculturality=transculturality=cross-culturality | Middle Ages | music=song | poetry=poem | status
Target language
English
Main ISBN
952-9724-11-X
Edition info
ISSN: 0355-8924

Abstract

This book examines the history, intercultural dialogue, and status of a major traditional genre in translation. Syndergaard aims to record individual Scandinavian ballads in English translation and lays the foundation for further studies of translation, an important form of intercultural communication.
Source : J. Vluijmans

Reviewed by

Dollerup, Cay. 1998. Review of English translations of the Scandinavian medieval ballads: an analytical guide and bibliography. Target 10 (1) : 171–173.