Alison E. Martin

Nature Translated

Alexander Von Humboldt's Works in Nineteenth Century Britain

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Produktbeschreibung

This book shows how Alexander von Humboldt's British translators, now largely forgotten figures, were pivotal in moulding his prose and his public persona as they reconfigured his works for readers in Britain and beyond.

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Produktdetails

• Edinburgh Critical Studies in Literary Translation
• Verlag: Edinburgh University Press
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. August 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 156mm x 233mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 428g
• ISBN-13: 9781474439336
• ISBN-10: 1474439330
• Artikelnr.: 59504151

Autorenporträt

Alison E. Martin is Professor of British Studies at the Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz (Germersheim). She is the author of Moving Scenes: The Aesthetics of German Travel Writing on England, 1783-1830 in the Legenda monograph series Studies in Comparative Literature Vol 13.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Abbreviations
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. Styling Science
2. Dispute and Dissociation: John Black's Political Essay on the Kingdom of New Spain (1811)
3. 'A Colossal Literary and Scientific Task': Helen Maria Williams and the Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of the New Continent (1814-29)
4. 'A Plain and Unassuming Style': Thomasina Ross and Humboldt's Travels (1852-3)
5. The Poetry of Geography: The Ansichten der Natur in English Translation
6. Cosmos: The Universe Translated
Conclusions
Bibliography
Index.