Translating Italy for the eighteenth century : women, translation and travel writing, 1739-1797 - Agorni, Mirella (London ; New York : Routledge, 2014)
1. Women's writing in the second half of the eighteenth century : from the domestic novel to representations of the foreign -- 2. Female translators in the eighteenth century : the role of women as literary innovators -- 3. Elizabeth Carter's translation of Algarotti's Newtonianismo per le dame : female learning and feminist cultural appropriation -- 4. Eighteenth-century travel writing : constructing images of the other -- 5. Hester Piozzi's appropriation of the image of Italy : gender and the nation.
"First published 2002 by St. Jerome Publishing"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Keywords: 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; Electronic books