Hidden Multilingualism in 19th-Century European Literature: Traditions, Texts, Theories

book: Hidden Multilingualism in 19th-Century European Literature

Open Access Published by De Gruyter 2023

Hidden Multilingualism in 19th-Century European Literature

Traditions, Texts, Theories

Edited by: Jana-Katharina Mende

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110778656

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The disparagement of multilingualism is a European development of the 18^th and 19^th centuries in which one national language and national literature were advocated, established and institutionalised. Multilingual writers made use of the creative potential of several languages even then. However, they often adapted to an increasingly monolingual book market, which made their individual multilingualism invisible.
This is evident in literary historiography which established a monolingual national canon.
Researching hidden multilingualism is often difficult: since multilingual texts by multilingual writers were often not published or were published in a monolingual version, sources are scarce. Literary histories of the time often do not mention multilingualism. Furthermore, many multilingual writers were members of minority groups (women, Jewish, Non-European) and thus often neglected.
The volume offers methods and theories to systematically approach this hidden material, as well as case studies on authors and national literatures in a multilingual context. It thus contributes to the restructuring of a multilingual transnational literary history that is applicable to different philologies.

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Jana-Katharina Mende, Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	IX
Introduction: Hidden and Invisible Multilingualism in 19^th-Century European Literature: Theory and Practices Jana-Katharina Mende Open Access Download PDF	1
Part 1: Multilingual Histories of National Literatures
Traces of Hidden Multilingualism in 19^th- Century Bulgarian Literature and Culture The Role of the Relay Translation Irena Kristeva and Mariyana Tsibranska-Kostova Open Access Download PDF	25
Plurilingualism in 19^th-Century Romanian Literatures A Case Study of Alecu Russo Iulia Dondorici Open Access Download PDF	47
Uncovering Multilingual Strategies Literary Periodicals and the Conceptualization of “Flemish” Literature (1815–1825) Charlotte van Hooijdonk Open Access Download PDF	69
The “French” History of Polish Literature or Two Languages — One “Oeuvre” The Poetic Prose of Young Zygmunt Krasiński in French and Polish (1829–1831) Joanna Pietrzak-Thébault Open Access Download PDF	95
Part 2: National Authors as Covert Multilinguals
Proofreaders, Translators – Co-authors? József Eötvös’s Concealed Bilingualism Gábor Gángó Open Access Download PDF	119
Multilingualism and Nationality in Theodor Fontane’s Kriegsgefangen. Erlebtes 1870 Katrin Gunkel Open Access Download PDF	143
The Hidden Greek Odes in “Um poeta lírico” (1880) Eça de Queiroz’s Self-reflexive Fiction about Migration and Writing Orlando Grossegesse Open Access Download PDF	169
Meine lieben fellow-pupils: Edith Södergran’s Hidden Multilingualism Sabira Ståhlberg Open Access Download PDF	185
Part 3: Hidden Multilingualism: Typologies and Theoretical Approaches
Multilingualism in 19^th-Century Travel Writing A First Typology Sandra Vlasta Open Access Download PDF	219
Literary Multilingualism and Women’s Writing in 19^th Century Europe Translingualism and Gender in Madame de Staël and Leonor de Almeida Marília Jöhnk Open Access Download PDF	241
18^th and 19^th Century Linguistic and Literary Criticism as a Source of Multilingual Research A Corpus Based Approach Jochen A. Bär Open Access Download PDF	265
Zooming In and Out of Historical Multilingual Literature Reading 19^th-Century Literary Dictionaries on Scale Jana-Katharina Mende Open Access Download PDF	295
Index Open Access Download PDF	323

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Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Academics (multilingualism research, history of literature, historical sociolinguistics)
Pages
- Front matter: 9
- Main content: 325
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 16
- Coloured Illustrations: 6
- Tables: 1
Keywords: Transnational History of Literature; Literary Transference; Language Contact; Textual Code Switching

eBook

Published: August 21, 2023
ISBN: 9783110778656

Hardcover

Published: August 21, 2023
ISBN: 9783110778632