HUI Ting Yan Isaac, Prof.

Isaac Hui holds a BA with First Class Honours and a PhD from the University of Hong Kong. He is the author of Volpone’s Bastards: Theorising Jonson’s City Comedy (Edinburgh UP, 2018) and has contributed numerous articles on literary and translation studies to journals such as Ben Jonson Journal, Translation Review, and Perspectives: Studies in Translation Theory and Practice. His current research focuses on the translation and imitation of classical literature, including works by Horace, Juvenal, and Seneca, in early modern English literature, as well as the translation of Chinese literature as part of world literature. His second monograph on reading Chinese literature in English translation is forthcoming from Manchester University Press.

Chinese Literature in English translation; Early Modern English Literature; Translation Theory; Literary and Culture Theory; Film Translation