‘These changes and accessions of knowledge’: translation, scientific travel writing and modernity – Alexander von Humboldt'sPersonal Narrative
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- Zeitschriftenaufsatz
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- Autoren
- DOI
- 10.1080/13645145.2011.535375
- eISSN
- 1755-7550
- ISSN
- 1364-5145
- Ausgabe der Veröffentlichung
- 1
- Zeitschrift
- Studies in Travel Writing
- Sprache
- en
- Paginierung
- 39 - 51
- Datum der Veröffentlichung
- 2011
- Status
- Published
- Herausgeber
- Informa UK Limited
- Herausgeber URL
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13645145.2011.535375
- Datum der Datenerfassung
- 2016
- Titel
- ‘These changes and accessions of knowledge’: translation, scientific travel writing and modernity – Alexander von Humboldt's<i>Personal Narrative</i>
- Ausgabe der Zeitschrift
- 15
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- Abstract
- A second English translation of Alexander von Humboldt's account of travel to South America, theRelation historique (1814–25), was published between 1852 and 1853. Appearing some 30 years after the first seven-volume translation (1814–29) by Helen Maria Williams, this second rendering of the Personal Narrative by Thomasina Ross was an abridged version that aimed to make Humboldt's travelogue more relevant to the mid-century reader. This translation has largely been overlooked by Humboldt scholars, despite it being a far more affordable, accessible and popular edition. I discuss here how Ross's revisions can be understood within a larger process of rereading and revision that responded to critics’ assessments of the first translation. Emphasising the status of the Personal Narrative as a text in flux, I assess how Ross modernised it to meet the demands of a new readership, recasting the image that Humboldt had constructed of himself as a travelling scientist, scientific writer and member of the international scientific community.
- Autoren
- DOI
- 10.1080/13645145.2011.535375
- eISSN
- 1755-7550
- ISSN
- 1364-5145
- Ausgabe der Veröffentlichung
- 1
- Zeitschrift
- Studies in Travel Writing
- Schlüsselwörter
- English literature
- 1800-1899
- Ross, Thomasina(1796?-1875)
- translation
- <i>Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America</i>(1852)
- English language translation
- Humboldt, Alexander, Freiherr von(1769-1859)
- <i>Relation historique du voyage aux régions équinoxiales du nouveau continent</i>(1814-25)
- Williams, Helen Maria(1762-1827)
- German literature
- French language literature
- prose
- Sprache
- English
- Paginierung
- 39 - 51
- Datum der Veröffentlichung
- 2011
- Herausgeber
- White Horse Press
- Titel
- 'These Changes and Accessions of Knowledge': Translation, Scientific Travel Writing and Modernity: Alexander von Humboldt's <i>Personal Narrative</i>
- Ausgabe der Zeitschrift
- 15
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