Introduction : rethinking neoclassical translation theory -- From the Academy to Port-Royal -- Transmigration, transmutation, and exile -- Temporality and subjectivity : Dryden's "Dedication of the Aeneis" -- Meaning and modernity : Anne Dacier and the Homer debate -- Gender, signature, authority -- From "A light in antiquity" to enlightened antiquity : modern Classicists -- "Adventures in print" : modern classics -- Conclusion : historicizing translation
Summary
This work examines the evolution of neoclassical translation theory from its origins among the first generation of French Academicians to its subsequent importation to England by royalist exiles, and its evolution in response to the philosophical and political ideas of the Enlightenment
