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Asian classics on the Victorian bookshelf : flights of translation /

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The interest among Victorian readers in classical literature from Asia has been greatly underestimated, and Asian Classics on the Victorian Bookshelf explains the process whereby popular translations were written, published, distributed to bookshops and libraries, and ultimately consumed by readers.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bubb, Alexander, 1985- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, United States of America : Oxford University Press, 2023.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Books and reading > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Oriental literature > Translations into English.
Livres et lecture > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Asian.
Colonialism & Post-Colonialism.
POLITICAL SCIENCE.
Books and reading
Oriental literature
Great Britain
Library & information sciences / Museology.
Libraries and Museums.
1800-1899
Electronic books.
History
Translations
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:The interest among Victorian readers in classical literature from Asia has been greatly underestimated, and Asian Classics on the Victorian Bookshelf explains the process whereby popular translations were written, published, distributed to bookshops and libraries, and ultimately consumed by readers.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xxxiii, 256 pages) : illustrations.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780191898433
0191898430
9780192636027
0192636022
0192636014
9780192636010