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Nature translated : Alexander Von Humboldt's works in nineteenth-century Britain / Alison E. Martin.
LIBRA Q143.H9 M37 2018
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Martin, Alison E., author.
- Series:
- Edinburgh critical studies in literary translation
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859. Works.
- Humboldt, Alexander von.
- Scientific literature--Translating--Great Britain--History--19th century.
- Scientific literature.
- Science publishing--Great Britain--History--19th century.
- Science publishing.
- Science news--Great Britain--History--19th century.
- Science news.
- Science--Great Britain--History--19th century.
- Science.
- History.
- Scientific literature--Translating.
- Great Britain.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 268 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2018.
- Contents:
- 1 Styling Science p. 22
- 2 Dispute and Dissociation: John Black's Political Essay on the Kingdom of New Spain (1811) p. 40
- 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) p. 75
- 4 'A Plain and Unassuming Style': Thomasina Ross and Humboldt's Travels (1852-1853) p. 117
- 5 The Poetry of Geography: The Ansichten der Natur in English Translation p. 150
- 6 Cosmos: The Universe Translated p. 187.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1474439322
- 9781474439329
- OCLC:
- 1037045174
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