Self-Translation in the Northern Renaissance: Jan van der Noot’s French Verse

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https://doi.org/10.7203/MCLM.7.17177

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Jan van der Noot, self-translation, versification, paratext, bilingual printing, early modern literature, Dutch poetry, French poetry

Abstract

The Brabantian poet Jan van der Noot (1539-95?) wrote in both Dutch and French, and composed several works in both languages. Sometimes the two versions were published separately: the Dutch collection Het Theatre and its French counterpart, Le Theatre, were each printed in London in 1568. More often, the versions appeared alongside each other in bilingual editions: Cort begryp der XII boeken Olympiados / Abregé des douze livres Olympiades (1579), Lofsang van Braband / Hymne de Braband (1580), and various short pieces reproduced in anthologies of Van der Noot’s poetry (1580-95). The present study contends that Van der Noot’s self-translations should be read as translations from Dutch to French, rather than from French to Dutch as scholars have commonly assumed. It examines Van der Noot’s self-translational strategies, focusing in particular on his handling of form and versification, and the role played by paratext and illustrations. In doing so, it offers an alternative perspective on a figure whose translational activity is generally considered to have operated in the opposite direction, introducing innovations into Dutch poetry by imitating the work of Ronsard and the Pléiade.

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Armstrong, A. (2020). Self-Translation in the Northern Renaissance: Jan van der Noot’s French Verse. Magnificat Cultura I Literatura Medievals, 7, 211–233. https://doi.org/10.7203/MCLM.7.17177
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