Milton in Translation

Milton in Translation represents an unprecedented collaboration that demonstrates the breadth of John Milton's international reception, from the seventeenth century through today. This book collects in one volume new essays written on the translation of Milton's works written by an international roster of experts: stalwart and career-long Miltonists, scholars primarily of translation studies, and practitioners who have translated Milton's works. Chapters are grouped geographically but also, by and large, chronologically, given that Milton's works radiated further abroad over time. The chapters on the twenty-three individual languages showcased in this volume are framed by 'Part I: Approaches', consisting of an introduction and two major essays on the global reach and the aural nature of Milton's poetry, and by an epilogue. 'Part II: Influential Translations' features the most influential languages in translations of Milton's works (English, Latin, German, French). Then, accounts of Milton's afterlives in specific languages are provided in 'Part III. Western European and Latin American Translations' (Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, Icelandic, Italian, Portuguese, European Spanish, Latin American Spanish), 'Part IV: Central and Eastern European Translations' (Bulgarian, Czech, Hungarian, Polish, Serbian/Montenegrin, Serbo-Croatian languages), 'Part V: Middle Eastern Translations' (Arabic, Hebrew, Persian), and 'Part VI: East Asian Translations' (Chinese, Japanese, Korean). The chapters in Parts II through VI include historical and critical context, a brief history of translation in the language, and a case study on any single work or group of Milton's works in translation.

Angelica Duran, Purdue University,Islam Issa, Birmingham City University,Jonathan R. Olson, University of Liverpool

Angelica Duran is Professor at Purdue University, where she has been on the English and Comparative Literature faculties since earning her PhD in English Literature from Stanford in 2000. She served as Purdue's Director of Religious Studies from 2009 to 2013. Her monographs, edited and co-edited volumes, journal articles, and scholarly chapters are anchored in early modern English literature and range from Anglo-Hispanic Comparative Literature to Disability Studies. She is on the Executive Committee (2012-21) of the Milton Society of America and the editorial board of Milton Quarterly.

Islam Issa is Lecturer in English Literature at Birmingham City University. He has published on the reception of Milton in the Arab world, including an award-winning census of Arabic translations of Milton. He has a practical understanding of translation, having worked as a simultaneous interpreter of Arabic to English, interpreting for a range of high-profile figures. In 2009, he was a Research Consultant for the BBC's Poetry Season documentary about Milton, providing insight into Islamic responses to Paradise Lost. His book, Milton in the Arab-Muslim World, is the first full-length study of Milton in the region, and he is also translating and editing the first Arabic edition of Milton's sonnets.

Jonathan R. Olson is an Honorary Fellow in the Department of English at the University of Liverpool. His research focuses on early modern English literature, book history, and cinema. He has taught literature and film as Leverhulme Early Career Fellow at Liverpool and as Visiting Assistant Professor at Biola University, and held a Mellon Visiting Research Fellowship at the University of Warwick and the Newberry Library. He has held bibliographical fellowships at the Beinecke, Clark, Houghton, and Huntington Libraries for research on his current book project, Selling an English Canon: Literary Publishing, 1640-1710. He contributed a chapter to The Cinema of Christopher Nolan (2015).