Nature Translated

Alexander von Humboldt's Works in Nineteenth-Century Britain

Alison E. Martin (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

280 Seiten

2018
Edinburgh University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4744-3932-9 (ISBN)

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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.

The first extensive analysis of the translation, publication and critical reception of Alexander von Humboldt’s writings in nineteenth-century Britain
Alexander von Humboldt was one of the most important scientists of the nineteenth century. Captivating his readers with his vibrant, lyrical prose, he transformed understandings of the earth and space by rethinking nature as the interconnection of global forces. This book argues that style was key to the success of these translations and shows how 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.
Key Features
Prompts a rethinking of the role of translation in mediating scientific knowledgeReconsiders how translators shape a scientist’s international reputationDraws on extensive archival material in neglected publishers’ archives to shed new light on how authors, their translators and their publishers collaborate

Alison E. Martin is Professor of British Studies at the Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz (Germersheim). She is the author of Moving Scenes: The Aesthetics of German Travel Writing on England, 1783-1830 in the Legenda monograph series Studies in Comparative Literature Vol 13.

List of Abbreviations

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgements

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 (1814-29)

4. ‘A Plain and Unassuming Style’: Thomasina Ross and Humboldt’s Travels (1852-3)

5. The Poetry of Geography: The Ansichten der Natur in English Translation

6. Cosmos: The Universe Translated

Conclusions

Bibliography

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	02.11.2018
Reihe/Serie	Edinburgh Critical Studies in Literary Translation
Zusatzinfo	11 black and white illustrations
Verlagsort	Edinburgh
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	522 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturgeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
ISBN-10	1-4744-3932-2 / 1474439322
ISBN-13	978-1-4744-3932-9 / 9781474439329
Zustand	Neuware