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Full-Text Articles in European Languages and Societies
Acknowledgements/Image Credits, Molly Lynde-Recchia
Acknowledgements/Image Credits, Molly Lynde-Recchia
Transference
No abstract provided.
First Mill (Excerpts) By René Char, Nancy Naomi N. Carlson
First Mill (Excerpts) By René Char, Nancy Naomi N. Carlson
Transference
Translated from the French with commentary by Nancy Naomi Carlson.
The Eighth Eclogue By Vergil, Ann Lauinger
The Eighth Eclogue By Vergil, Ann Lauinger
Transference
Translated from the Latin with commentary by Ann Lauinger.
The Fisherman By Anonymous, Luke J. Chambers
The Fisherman By Anonymous, Luke J. Chambers
Transference
Translated from the Old French with commentary by Luke Chambers.
Just Above Silence By Anna Greki, Lynda Chouiten
Just Above Silence By Anna Greki, Lynda Chouiten
Transference
Translated from the French with commentary by Lynda Chouiten.
On The Tomb Of A Great Beauty By Claudian, Brett Foster
On The Tomb Of A Great Beauty By Claudian, Brett Foster
Transference
Translated from the Latin with commentary by Brett Foster.
Foreword, David Kutzko, Molly Lynde-Recchia
Foreword, David Kutzko, Molly Lynde-Recchia
Transference
Thoughts on the second volume by editors-in-chief David Kutzko and Molly Lynde-Recchia.
Transference Vol. 2, Fall 2014, Molly Lynde-Recchia
Transference Vol. 2, Fall 2014, Molly Lynde-Recchia
Transference
Transference is published by the Department of World Languages and Literatures at Western Michigan University. Dedicated to the celebration of poetry in translation, the journal publishes translations from Arabic, Chinese, French and Old French, German, classical Greek, Latin, and Japanese, into English verse. Transference contains translations as well as commentaries on the art and process of translating.
How The Axe Falls: A Retrospective On Thirty-Five Years Of Sir Gawain And The Green Knight Performance, Linda Marie Zaerr
How The Axe Falls: A Retrospective On Thirty-Five Years Of Sir Gawain And The Green Knight Performance, Linda Marie Zaerr
Accessus
This retrospective represents a new approach to using historical performance as a tool for understanding medieval narrative performance. The core of the article traces how an individual performer’s interaction with a stable medieval text both indicates directions medieval performers may have taken and suggests the limitations imposed by modern performance conventions. The discussion touches on issues of adaptation and translation, variation in troupe composition and audience, expectations of modern audiences, impact of costume choices, and limitations of audio and video recordings as documentation of live performance. Juxtaposing eight performances of a single passage clarifies how performance can transform a text, …
Semper Venalis: Gower's Avaricious Lawyers, Robert Meindl
Semper Venalis: Gower's Avaricious Lawyers, Robert Meindl
Accessus
The first three chapters of the sixth book of the Vox Clamantis (lines 1-248) comprise a harsh critique of the many avaricious lawyers who, in Gower’s opinion, have come to dominate their profession to the disadvantage of English society in the late fourteenth century. Driven exclusively by their appetite for possessions, they have forgotten the biblical model presented in Psalm 14 that specifies the obligation of the good man to assist without recompense his neighbor’s search for justice. Falsely claiming to be men of law and inheritors of the biblical model of the good man, the causidici (as Gower calls …
Preface, Georgiana Donavin, Eve Salisbury
Preface, Georgiana Donavin, Eve Salisbury
Accessus
Co-editors Georgiana Donavin and Eve Salisbury thank the readers of Accessus for an enthusiastic reception of the first issue and summarize the contents of this second issue. The second issue showcases opportunities inherent in online publishing, such as the ability to produce extended commentaries and offer video streams. Robert J. Meindl's "Semper Venalis: Gower's Avaricious Lawyers" and Linda Marie Zaerr's "How the Axe Falls: A Retrospective on Thirty-five Years of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Performance," respectively, realize these possibilities in online publishing while adding substantially and insightfully to our knowledge of important fourteenth-century poems from England.