The Age of Chaucer 1346 1400
The Age of Chaucer 1346 1400
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As an instance of rudimentary style we may take such a sentence as the following : * And although it be clept a sea, it is no sea, nor it toucheth to none other sea ; but it is a lake, the greatest of the world. ' It is obvious that the writer has, and is sensible that he has, his readers well in tow. By consecutive negations and delibei'ate dribbling he keeps the interest tense until the final clause, which forms an appro- priate and, as it were, unexpected climax.
Another translator, whose na...me has been preserved, but some of whose chief works appear to have perished, was JOHN OF TREVISA. 53 John of Trevisa, Vicar of Berkeley in Gloucestershire, and chajilain to Thomas, Lord Berkeley, for Jolin of Trevisa, i t -, t-i t i * • C 1387) whom, he produced an Jiiuglish version of Higden's Polychronicon. In dealing with works of this nature one is tempted to consider them purely as specimens of prose, and to ignore their worth or unworth as translations. This is because in the infancy of prose literal accuracy is a small matter compared with literary facility ; and Higden's Polychronicon, for us at all events, is rather a magnum optis than a masterpiece.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
As an instance of rudimentary style we may take such a sentence as the following : * And although it be clept a sea, it is no sea, nor it toucheth to none other sea ; but it is a lake, the greatest of the world. ' It is obvious that the writer has, and is sensible that he has, his readers well in tow. By consecutive negations and delibei'ate dribbling he keeps the interest tense until the final clause, which forms an appro- priate and, as it were, unexpected climax.
Another translator, whose na...me has been preserved, but some of whose chief works appear to have perished, was JOHN OF TREVISA. 53 John of Trevisa, Vicar of Berkeley in Gloucestershire, and chajilain to Thomas, Lord Berkeley, for Jolin of Trevisa, i t -, t-i t i * • C 1387) whom, he produced an Jiiuglish version of Higden's Polychronicon. In dealing with works of this nature one is tempted to consider them purely as specimens of prose, and to ignore their worth or unworth as translations. This is because in the infancy of prose literal accuracy is a small matter compared with literary facility ; and Higden's Polychronicon, for us at all events, is rather a magnum optis than a masterpiece.
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