{"product_id":"theaters-of-translation-cosmopolitan-vernaculars-in-shakespeares-england-paperback-softback-9780817362041","title":"Theaters of Translation; Cosmopolitan Vernaculars in Shakespeare's England (Paperback \/ softback) 9780817362041","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eTheaters of Translation\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eCosmopolitan Vernaculars in Shakespeare's England\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAndrew S. Keener (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780817362041\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 15 May 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e270 pages, 24 figures\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.3 cm, 0.399 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eTheaters of Translation\u003c\/i\u003e is an exciting addition to an important new field. Building on an exhilarating hands-on examination of hundreds of printed books, Andrew Keener demonstrates lucidly and compellingly that English Renaissance theater was more cosmopolitan than we ever imagined.\" —Alan Stewart, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Oxford History of Life-Writing: Volume 2, Early Modern\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"\u003ci\u003eTheaters of Translation\u003c\/i\u003e is a capacious, smart, and interesting book. Keener productively brings together print, manuscript, and stage, showing similarities between language books and plays in print and how language learning books influenced the stage and were used by their playgoing readers. His writing style is clear, concise, and lively; the book is a pleasure to read, underlining its key claims without belaboring them.\" —Marianne Montgomery, author of \u003ci\u003eEurope’s Languages on England’s Stages, 1590–1620\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eExplores the profound influence of multilingual dictionaries, dialogues, and grammars on English Renaissance playwrights\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e In \u003ci\u003eTheaters of Translation\u003c\/i\u003e, Andrew S. Keener offers a fascinating account of the ways that plays by Thomas Kyd, Mary Sidney Herbert, Ben Jonson, and their fellow English contemporaries were shaped by and part of a multilingual Europe where dictionaries, grammars, and language-learning materials circulated widely. He proposes a fresh, multilingual approach to English Renaissance drama that challenges the histories of early modern European languages as sites of national and linguistic cohesion. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Covering the period between 1570 and 1640, when England’s drama and the English language itself were evolving, Keener uses the term “cosmopolitan vernaculars” to examine how nonclassical European languages modeled transnational forms of belonging for playgoers, readers, and authors in Renaissance England. Combining recent contributions to cosmopolitan theory and transnational studies of early modern literature and culture, Keener highlights both the ways in which cosmopolitanism manifests through Europe’s vernacular languages—in print and performance—and the ways languages themselves can exhibit cosmopolitanism for those who encounter them on the page or on the stage. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTheaters of Translation\u003c\/i\u003e opens up new transnational interpretations of English Renaissance plays and casts fresh light on historical anecdotes, such as Jonson inscribing a copy of Pietro Aretino’s scandalous Italian dialogues or Shakespeare’s First Folio being advertised for sale in Germany before its London publication. It offers much of interest to readers and scholars of Renaissance Europe, early modern drama, and the development of national European languages. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"The University of Alabama Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52574447730968,"sku":"9780817362041","price":24.37,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/theaters-of-translation-cosmopolitan-vernaculars-in-shakespeares-england-paperback-softback-9780817362041","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}