Asian Classic Literature and the English General Reader, 1845–1915

TY - CHAP

T1 - Asian Classic Literature and the English General Reader, 1845–1915

AU - Bubb, Alexander

PY - 2020/4/29

Y1 - 2020/4/29

N2 - The subject of this chapter is popular, accessible English translations of classical literature from Asia, which were developed for the general readership in nineteenth-century Britain and America. The reception of these translations by their intended audience is studied by examining readers' commonplace books, as well as marginal annotations left behind by Victorian readers in their personal copies of these translations. From this study emerges a picture of a late nineteenth-century reading public with much more diverse and ecumenical tastes in foreign literature than has been hitherto imagined.© 2020, The Author(s). The attached document (embargoed until 29/04/2023) is an author produced version of a chapter published in THE EDINBURGH HISTORY OF READING: COMMON READERS uploaded in accordance with the publisher’s self- archiving policy. The final published version (version of record) is available online at the link. Some minor differences between this version and the final published version may remain. We suggest you refer to the final published version should you wish to cite from it.This research was supported by the European Union Horizon 2020 Programme,Marie Sklodowska-Curie Action, TLRH-VRF Grant No. 713730

AB - The subject of this chapter is popular, accessible English translations of classical literature from Asia, which were developed for the general readership in nineteenth-century Britain and America. The reception of these translations by their intended audience is studied by examining readers' commonplace books, as well as marginal annotations left behind by Victorian readers in their personal copies of these translations. From this study emerges a picture of a late nineteenth-century reading public with much more diverse and ecumenical tastes in foreign literature than has been hitherto imagined.© 2020, The Author(s). The attached document (embargoed until 29/04/2023) is an author produced version of a chapter published in THE EDINBURGH HISTORY OF READING: COMMON READERS uploaded in accordance with the publisher’s self- archiving policy. The final published version (version of record) is available online at the link. Some minor differences between this version and the final published version may remain. We suggest you refer to the final published version should you wish to cite from it.This research was supported by the European Union Horizon 2020 Programme,Marie Sklodowska-Curie Action, TLRH-VRF Grant No. 713730

KW - Translation

KW - Asian

KW - Oriental

KW - Reception

KW - Marginalia

KW - Victorian

KW - Reading

KW - Popular

M3 - Chapter

SN - 9781474461887

SN - 9781474461917

SP - 116

EP - 136

BT - The Edinburgh History of Reading

A2 - Rose, Jonathan

A2 - Hammond, Mary

PB - Edinburgh University Press

ER -