Nature Translated : : Alexander von Humboldt's Works in Nineteenth-Century Britain / / Alison E. Martin.
The first extensive analysis of the translation, publication and critical reception of Alexander von Humboldt’s writings in nineteenth-century BritainPrompts a rethinking of the role of translation in mediating scientific knowledgeReconsiders how translators shape a scientist’s international reputat...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Complete eBook-Package 2018 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022] ©2018 |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Edinburgh Critical Studies in Literary Translation : ECCSLT
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (280 p.) :; 11 B/W illustrations |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Figures
- Acknowledgements
- Series Editors’ Preface
- List of Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Styling Science
- Chapter 2 Dispute and Dissociation: John Black’s Political Essay on the Kingdom of New Spain (1811)
- Chapter 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)
- Chapter 4 ‘A Plain and Unassuming Style’: Thomasina Ross and Humboldt’s Travels (1852–1853)
- Chapter 5 The Poetry of Geography: The Ansichten der Natur in English Translation
- Chapter 6 Cosmos: The Universe Translated
- Conclusions
- Bibliography
- Index