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Publication details [#3199]

Corbett, John. 1998. Written in the language of the Scottish nation: a history of literary translation into Scots (Topics in Translation 14). Clevedon: Multilingual Matters. vii + 200 pp.

Publication type

Monograph

Publication language

English

Keywords

genre | historical approach=historiography=history | literary approach=literary discourse=literature | minority language | translation

Target language

Scots

Main ISBN

1-85359-431-8

Abstract

Translation has played a central role in the development of literature in Scots, lending authority to the vernacular and extending the stylistic range open to writers in Scots. This is the first survey of Scots literary translations from the 15th to the 20th centuries.

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Reviewed by

Leerssen, Joep. 2001. Review of Written in the language of the Scottish nation: a history of literary translation into Scots. Target 13 (1) : 169–172.