Romantic Literature and the Colonised World: Lessons from Indigenous Translations

by Nikki Hessell

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This book considers indigenous-language translations of Romantic texts in the British colonies. It argues that these translations uncover a latent discourse around colonisation in the original English texts. Focusing on poems by William Wordsworth, John Keats, Felicia Hemans, and Robert Burns, and on Walter Scott's Ivanhoe, it provides the first scholarly insight into the reception of major Romantic authors in indigenous languages, and makes...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:3319890158

ISBN13:9783319890159

Release Date:June 2019

Publisher:Palgrave MacMillan

Length:269 Pages

Weight:0.75 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 5.8" x 8.3"

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