Sterne's multivoiced-discourse
by Carlotta Rainoldi, Giulia Sarullo and Silvia Sotgiu


INTRODUCTION

GENERAL REFERENCES TO Multivoiced-Discourse:
Vol. I
Vol. II
Vol. III
Vol. IV
Vol. V
Vol. VI
Vol. VII
Vol. VIII
Vol. IX

SPECIFIC TOPICS ON Multivoiced-Discourse:
GUASCOIGNE
FRENCH
GREEK
ITALIAN
LATIN
SPANISH
MULTIORIGIN

  
Legenda

Volume IV

Quote

Lang.

Font

Coll.

Notes of Norton Edition

Notes of Penguin Edition

Multitudinis imperitæ non formido judicia; meis tamen, rogo, parcant opusculis-in quibus fuit propositi semper, a jocis ad seria, a seriis vicissim ad jocos transire

Latin

normal but smaller

Frontispiece of Volume IV

"I do not fear the opinions of the ignorant populace, yet I ask that they spare my humble works- in which it has always been my purpose to pass from jests to serious matters and from the serious back again to the jests"

FL:"I do not fear the opinions of the ignorant crowd;neverthless, I ask they spare my little work, in which it has ever been my purpose to pass from the gay to the seriuos and from seriuos again to the gay "

SLAWKENBERGII
FABELLA

Latin

capital letters

Vol IV

Parallel translation

Sterne’s English parallel text

Greek

Greek alphabet

Vol IV Slawken-bergius's Tale

(Perizomaté) "girdle worn around the loins", Sterne means it as an equivalent of "cod-piece" but he was probably aware of the mistake.

"Girdle worn around the loins", Sterne means it as an equivalent of "cod-piece" but he was probably aware of the mistake.

Stamina

Latin

normal

Vol IV,
ST

Cfr Chambers: "those simple, original parts, which existed first in embryo, or even in the seed"

"Those simple, original parts, which existed first in embryo, or even in the seed"

A petitio principii

Latin

italics

Vol IV,
ST

"begging the question"

"begging the question"

Ex mero motu

Latin

italics

Vol IV,
ST

"of his own accord"

"of his own accord"

Protasis
Epitasis
Catastasis
Catastrophe
Peripeitia

Greek

italics

Vol IV,
ST

"Introductory action", "developing action", "climax".
Peripetia and Catastrophe: "when the fortunes of the protagonist turn finally for the worse"

Post-Aristotelian divisions of the tragedy

Personæ Dramatis

Latin

italics

Vol IV,
ST

"Characters in the play"

Characters in the play

duena

Spanish

italics

Vol IV,
ST

"Lady companion", the correct spelling is dueña

"Lady companion"

Seig.

French

normal

Vol IV,
ST

"Seigneur": mister, Lord

Mister

De omni scribilii

Latin

italics

Vol IV,
Ch X

"Concerning all kinds of writing or scribbling" ("scribili" is a nonce word)

"Concerning all kinds of writing or scribbling" ("scribili" is a nonce word)

"La Vraisemblance n’est pas toujours du Cotè de la Verité"

French

normal

Vol IV,
Ch XV

"What appears real is not always on the side of Truth"

FL: "Appearance is not always on the side of the Truth"

Le Premier

French

italics

Vol IV,
Ch XXI

The first

The first

Sire

Italian

normal

Vol IV,
Ch XXI

Sir, Gentleman

Sir, Gentleman

punctilio

Latin

normal

Vol IV,
Ch XXVII

punctilious thing

Wrong declension (ablative) of the word "Punctillum"

De Concubinis retinendis

Latin

italics

Vol IV,
Ch XXVII

"Of Keeping Concubines"

"on keeping concubines"

De re concubinariâ

Latin

italics

Vol IV,
Ch XXVIII

"Of something concerning concubinage"

"on the things of a concubine"

in nomino patriæ et filia et spiritum sanctos
in gomine gatris etc

Latin

italics

Vol IV,
Ch XXIX

"In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost", but with the wrong declensional endings in Latin

It’s mocking the correct words of the text of the Latin "Our Father"

Juris-consulti

Latin

normal

Vol IV,
Ch XXIX

"Law counselors"

"Legal counsellor"

Juris-prudentes

Latin

normal

Vol IV,
Ch XXIX

"those learned in the law"

"Persons learned in the Law"

Liberi sunt de sanguine patris et matris, sed pater et mater non sunt de sanguine liberorum

Latin

italics

Vol IV,
Ch XXIX

"Children are of the blood of their father and mother, but the father and mother are not of the blood of their children"

Sterne’s translation above

Una caro

Latin

italics

Vol IV,
Ch XXIX

One flesh

One flesh

Argumentum commune

Latin

italics

Vol IV,
Ch XXIX

"Argument common to either side"

Argument common to either side

Tantum valet… quantum sonat

Latin

italics

Vol IV,
Ch XXXI

"It’s worth as much as it sounds like"

It’s worth as much as it sounds like

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