Nature Translated : Alexander Von Humboldt's Works in Nineteenth-Century Britain /

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.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Martin, Alison E.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Alemán
Publicado: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2018.
Colección:Edinburgh critical studies in literary translation.
Temas:
Humboldt, Alexander von, > 1769-1859.
Humboldt, Alexander von, > 1769-1859
Natural history > Great Britain > History.
Scientists > Great Britain > Biography.
Naturalists > Great Britain > Biography.
Sciences naturelles > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire.
Naturalistes > Grande-Bretagne > Biographies.
SCIENCE > History.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Science & Technology.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Rhetoric.
Natural history
Naturalists
Scientists
Great Britain
Biographies
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro; Nature Translated; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgements; Series Editors' Preface; List of Abbreviations; 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 (1814-1829); 4 'A Plain and Unassuming Style': Thomasina Ross and Humboldt's Travels (1852-1853); 5 The Poetry of Geography: The Ansichten der Natur in English Translation.
  • 6 Cosmos: The Universe TranslatedConclusions; Bibliography; Index.

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