The English Boccaccio: Translations and Receptions

背景：这个高度跨学科的项目将探讨中世纪意大利作家乔瓦尼薄伽丘在英语文学文化中的接受，从中世纪到现在，他的作品的英文翻译。关于薄伽丘及其作品对英语世界文学的影响，人们已经做了很多工作，但迄今为止，他的作品在英译中的物质存在问题几乎完全被忽视。借鉴书籍史，翻译研究和比较文学的学科，我调查的“英语”薄伽丘的历史，他的英语读者介绍了各种翻译。在我的研究集中在“书”，而不是简单的翻译“文本”，我探讨了几个世纪以来，薄伽丘已介导他的英语读者的各种方式：不仅通过翻译文本本身，但也通过副文本设备，如标题，奉献，插图和书套。这使得创造一个历史的方式，其中外国，中世纪，有时放荡的源文本可以纳入目标文化的概述。薄伽丘在英国文学文化中的地位不断变化，从而提供了一个有价值的洞察历史的阅读和出版实践，以及历史的品味。在1930年代至1950年代，一些关于薄伽丘一般领域的工作被翻译成英文，1970年关于这一主题的会议记录也出版了。然而，这一研究已经严重过时，根据图书史和翻译研究领域的最新发现和理论发展，迫切需要重新审视这一主题。同时，意大利和英语世界之间的跨文化传播问题近年来一直是几个主要研究的主题，这本专著将对意大利以外的薄伽丘接受的知识和理解领域做出重要贡献。通过对手稿、印刷品和数字版的研究，考察薄伽丘作品的英译对英国文学文化的渗透。三、以薄伽丘译本为例，探讨英语世界中意大利语译著的历史读者群与出版实践。评估物质证据如何与传统的叙述“意大利的影响”对英国文学的比较。目的：1.完成一项关于薄伽丘英译本历史的专题研究，题为《英国薄伽丘：翻译与接受》。完成一篇文章，“英语十日谈的历史”，邀请在Studi sul Boccaccio上发表。完成《薄伽丘》英译本的最新参考书目，邀请《薄伽丘研究》出版。潜在的应用和好处：这本专著将是第一本将联合收割机图书史和翻译理论结合在一位作者的文化史上的研究。因此，它将作出重大贡献的知识和理解薄伽丘的接待在英语世界，这是一个明显的兴趣，学者在意大利语和英语研究，以及那些工作在更广泛的领域的书籍历史和翻译研究的主题。这篇文章将发表在世界领先的薄伽丘杂志，因此是针对意大利专家观众。该书目将主要有利于薄伽丘专家和那些在英语文学中的意大利存在的工作，但也将作为一个模型，为那些从事类似项目的其他作者在翻译。我的作品也将在针对意大利研究和书籍历史观众的国际会议上传播。

Context:This highly interdisciplinary project will explore the reception of the medieval Italian author Giovanni Boccaccio in anglophone literary culture, looking at English translations of his works from the medieval period to the present day. Much work has been done on the influence of Boccaccio and his works on the literature of the English-speaking world, but to date, the question of the material presence of his works in English translation has been almost totally neglected. Drawing on the disciplines of book history, translation studies, and comparative literature, I investigate the history of the 'English' Boccaccio, as presented to his English readerships by various translators. In focusing my study on the 'book' rather than simply the translated 'text', I explore the various ways in which Boccaccio has been mediated to his anglophone readerships over the centuries: not only by the translated text itself, but also by paratextual devices such as titles, dedications, illustrations and book jackets. This enables the creation of a historical overview of the ways in which the foreign, medieval, and sometimes licentious source text can be incorporated into the target culture. Boccaccio's changing place in English literary culture thus provides a valuable insight into historical reading and publishing practice, as well as a history of taste. Some work was done on the general area of Boccaccio in English translation in the 1930s-1950s, and the proceedings of a 1970 conference on the subject were published. , However, this work is now seriously outdated and there is an urgent need to revisit this subject in the light of recent discoveries and theoretical developments in the fields of book history and translation studies. At the same time, the subject of intercultural transmissions between Italy and the English-speaking world has been the subject of several major studies in recent years, and this monograph will make an important contribution to the field in terms both of the knowledge and understanding of Boccaccio's reception outside Italy.Aims:1. To examine the penetration of Boccaccio's works in English translation into English literary culture through a study of manuscripts, print, and digital editions.2. To use the Boccaccio translations to draw conclusions about the historical readerships and publishing practice for imported Italian texts in the English-speaking world.3. To assess how the material evidence compares with the conventional narratives of the 'Italian influence' on English literature. Objectives:1. To complete a monograph study on the history of Boccaccio in English translation entitled The English Boccaccio: Translations and Receptions.2. To complete an article, 'The History of the Decameron in English', invited for publication in Studi sul Boccaccio.3. To complete an up-to-date bibliography of English translations of Boccaccio, invited for publication in Studi sul Boccaccio.Potential Applications and Benefits:The monograph will be the first study of its kind to combine book history and translation theory in a cultural history of one author. As such it will make a major contribution to the knowledge and understanding of Boccaccio's reception in the anglophone world, a subject which is of obvious interest to scholars in Italian and English Studies, as well as those working in the broader fields of book history and translation studies. The article will be published in the world's leading Boccaccio journal, and as such is directed at an expert Italianist audience. The bibliography will primarily benefit Boccaccio specialists and those working on the Italian presence in English literature, but will also serve as a model for those undertaking similar projects for other authors in translation. My work will also be disseminated at international conferences targeted at the Italian Studies and book history audiences.