{"product_id":"theaters-of-translation-andrew-s-keener-9780817362041","title":"Theaters of Translation: Cosmopolitan Vernaculars in Shakespeare's England","description":"\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\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\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\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Andrew S. Keener\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0817362045\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780817362041\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Alabama Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/15\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 270\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Andrew S. Keener","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46526425628927,"sku":"9780817362041","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6d868e5e-c169-44aa-bd46-f5219db2f3e8.jpg?v=1737556146","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/theaters-of-translation-andrew-s-keener-9780817362041","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}