Romantic Literature and the Colonised World: Lessons from Indigenous Translations

by Nikki Hessell

Book Overview

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"