4. Meaning and Modernity: Anne Dacier and the Homer Debate

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. A Note on the Texts xi
5. Introduction: Rethinking Neoclassical Translation 1
6. 1. From the Academy to Port-Royal 26
7. 2. Transmigration, Transmutation, and Exile 62
8. 3. Temporality and Subjectivity: Dryden’s “Dedication of the Aeneis” 100
9. 4. Meaning and Modernity: Anne Dacier and the Homer Debate 121
10. 5. Gender, Signature, Authority 141
11. 6. From “A Light in Antiquity” to Enlightened Antiquity: Modern Classicists 166
12. 7. “Adventurers in Print”: Modern Classics 207
13. Conclusion: Historicizing Translation 237
14. Notes 253
15. Bibliography 285
16. Index 317