The late eighteenth-century confluence of British-German sentimental literature : the Lessing brothers, Henry Mackenzie, Goethe, and Jane Austen / Xiaohu Jiang.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jiang, Xiaohu, author.

Contributor:

ProQuest ebook central.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

British literature--German influences--History and criticism--18th century.

British literature.

German literature--British influences--History and criticism--18th century.

German literature.

English literature--German influences--History and criticism--18th century.

English literature.

German literature--English influences--History and criticism--18th century.

Sentimentalism in literature.

German literature--English influences.

English literature--German influences.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Lexington Books, [2020]

System Details:

text file

Contents:

Intro

Title Page

Acknowledgments

Sentimental Novels, Nations, and Translation

Introduction

Translators' Prefaces as Battlefields for British-German Discontent with France during the Late Eighteenth Century

The First English Translation of Geschichte des Agathon by John Richardson in 1773

The First German Translation of The Man of Feeling by Karl Gotthelf Lessing in 1774

Mackenzie's Harley and Goethe's Werther

Goethe and Jane Austen

Jane Austen and Goethe's Die Leiden des jungen Werthers

Jane Austen's Parody

Conclusion

References

Index

Notes:

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 29, 2020).

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Print version:

ISBN:

1793618518

9781793618511

Publisher Number:

40030205271

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