Translating Italy for the eighteenth century women, translation, and travel writing, 1739-1797

Translating Italy for the eighteenth century : women, translation, and travel writing, 1739-1797 / Mirella Agorni.

Author/creator	Agorni, Mirella
Format	Electronic and Book
Publication Info	Manchester, UK ; Northampton, MA : St. Jerome Pub.,
Description	169 p. ; 24 cm.
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subject(s)	English prose literature--Italian influences. Women and literature--Great Britain --History --18th century. British--Italy --History --18th century --Historiography. English prose literature--18th century --History and criticism. English prose literature--Women authors --History and criticism. Translating and interpreting--Great Britain --History --18th century. Travelers' writings, English--Italy --History and criticism. Italian language--Translating into English --History. Women travelers--Italy --History --19th century. Women translators--Great Britain. Italy--In literature.

Contents	Women's writing the second half of the eighteenth century : from the domestic novel to the representations of the foreign -- Female translators in the eighteenth century : the role of women as literary innovators -- Elizabeth Carter's translation of Algarotti's Newtoniansimo per le dame : female learning and feminist cultural appropriation -- Eighteenth-century travel writing : constructing images of the other -- Hester Piozzi's Appropriation of the image of Italy : gender and the nation.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [145]-163) and indexes.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2002151630
ISBN	1900650533 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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