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The Role of Richard Hakluyt’s The Principall Nauigations (1589) in the Introduction and Dissemination of Spanish Loanwords in the English Language
Richard Hakluyt’s Principall Nauigations (1589) was a landmark in the history of English travel literature which compiled and glorified the naval...
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Colonial Conflict and Imperial Rivalries in the Americas
Starting with Nebrija’s claim that language has always been the company of empire, this chapter discusses the role of translators during the...
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The Politics of the Linguistic Discontinuity of Occitan Versus the Continuity of Catalan: The Sermó by Ramon Muntaner
This chapter considers how the Catalan chronicler Ramon Muntaner used the Occitan language to represent the three dynasties of the House of...
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Paradise Lost in Translation
Descriptions as translations are related to the problems of coming to terms with the uncharted territories in explorations and discovery, accounting...
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Multilingual Phytonymy: Ecotranslation and Vernaculars
In the intricate linguistic archipelago of the Caribbean, there are impacting factors in the dynamics of descriptions and accounts related to flora...
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Bad Animals and Faithful Beasts in Bevis of Hampton
Most medieval Europeans lived closely alongside animals in a way modern city-dwellers do not, and unsurprisingly the literature features animals in...
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Executing the Body Politic: Inscribing State Violence onto Aphra Behn’s Oroonoko
This striking conclusion to Aphra Behn’s novel Oroonoko1 highlights, above all, the barbarity exerted on this heroic African protagonist. A victim to...
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Turkish and Persian Loans in English Literature
Of the 600 Persian and 284 Turkish loans collected from standard English dictionaries, at least 319 have been used by 98 significant literary figures...
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The Written Eloquence of Frate Cipolla (Decameron Vi, 10)
Most studies of Decameron, Day Six, focus on the triumphant oratorical display of Frate Cipolla. He is described as an excellent speaker with...
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The Golden Age
The seventeenth century in Dutch history is traditionally known as the Golden Age. It is a romantic and slightly nostalgic term, but not an...