Communication, Translation, and Community in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Period: New Socio-Linguistic Perspectives (Fundamentals of Medieval and Early Modern Culture, 26)

ISBN 10: 3110776804 / ISBN 13: 9783110776805

Published by De Gruyter, 2022

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Communication, Translation, and Community in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Period: New Socio-Linguistic Perspectives (Fundamentals of Medieval and Early Modern Culture, 26)
• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Publication Date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3110776804
• ISBN 13: 9783110776805
• Binding: hardcover
• Condition: As New
• Weight: 36 ounces
• Seller catalogs:
  • Medieval

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Synopsis

Literature serves many purposes, and one of them certainly proves to be to convey messages, wisdom, and instruction, and this across languages, religions, and cultures. Beyond that, as the contributors to this volume underscore, people have always endeavored to reach out to their community members, that is, to build community, to learn from each other, and to teach. Hence, this volume explores the meaning of communication, translation, and community building based on the medium of language. While all these aspects have already been discussed in many different venues, the contributors endeavor to explore a host of heretofore less considered historical, religious, literary, political, and linguistic sources. While the dominant focus tends to rest on conflicts, hostility, and animosity in the pre-modern age, here the emphasis rests on communication with its myriad of challenges and potentials for establishing a community.

As the various studies illustrate, a close reading of communicative issues opens profound perspectives regarding human relationships and hence the social context. This understanding invites intensive collaboration between medical historians, literary scholars, translation experts, and specialists on religious conflicts and discourses. We also learn how much language carries tremendous cultural and social meaning and determines in a most sensitive manner the interactions among people in a communicative and community-based fashion.

About the Author

Albrecht Classen, University of Arizona, USA.