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Aphra Behn's use of translatio: Mediation, adaptation, and emulation in a cross-channel perspective *

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Recent historians of fiction have shown that the "British" novel was essentially a transnational phenomenon in the Restoration. French was the dominant source language for literary translation as a whole in the Restoration period, and translations played a prominent role in the development of a national literature. Aphra Behn, whose role as a translator and adaptor of French texts is now recognized, offers a perfect vantage point from which to measure the multifaceted impact of French literature on seventeenthcentury English literature. The sheer range of her strategies as a translator is extraordinary as she explores all the shades between literal paraphrase and free imitation. This article argues that far from being merely commercial her translations form a coherent body of works which manifests a form of emulation with their originals that is fully creative.

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Line Cottegnies. Aphra Behn's use of translatio: Mediation, adaptation, and emulation in a cross-channel perspective *. SEDERI , 2024, 34, pp.31-52. ⟨10.34136/sederi.2024.2⟩. ⟨halshs-04835393⟩
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