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By Jason Lawrence

ISBN-10: 0719069149

ISBN-13: 9780719069147

ISBN-10: 0719069157

ISBN-13: 9780719069154

This publication bargains a entire account of the tools and perform of studying sleek languages, rather Italian, in overdue 16th and early 17th century England. it's the first research to indicate a primary connection among language-learning behavior and the innovations for either examining and imitating Italian fabrics hired by way of a number of poets and dramatists, corresponding to Daniel, Drummond, Marston and Shakespeare, within the period.

The common use of bilingual parallel-text guide manuals from the 1570s onwards, such a lot significantly these of the Italian instructor John Florio, highlights the significance of translation within the language-learning process.

This research emphasises the impression of language-learning translation on modern conduct of literary imitation, in its distinct analyses of Daniel's sonnet series 'Delia' and his pastoral tragicomedies, and Shakespeare's use of Italian fabrics in 'Measure for degree' and 'Othello'.

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