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Romantic literature and the colonised world : lessons from indigenous translations / 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 o...

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Main Author: Hessell, Nikki (Author)
Other title:Romantic literature and the colonized world.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2018]
Series:Palgrave studies in the Enlightenment, romanticism and cultures of print.
Subjects:
English literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
Romanticism > Great Britain.
Romanticism > Colonies > Great Britain.
Indigenous peoples > Languages.
Literature and globalization.
Romanticism.
English literature.
Literature.
Literature, Modern.
Oriental literature.
Great Britain.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Praying: Felicia Hemans at Third Sight
  • 3. Singing: Global Indigeneity and Robert Burns
  • 4. Naming: Aloha Ivanhoe
  • 5. Mapping: Wordsworth and Poems on the Renaming of Places
  • 6. Building: Relocating Wordsworth's Architecture
  • 7. Healing: Isabella, or, The Pot of Tulāsi
  • 8. Conclusion: Regenerating Romanticism.

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