Improvement in the English Translations of Albrecht von Haller's Usong (1771)

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dc.contributor.authorTarkka, Laura
dc.contributor.organizationfi=englannin kieli, klassilliset kielet ja monikielinen käännösviestintä|en=English, Classics and Multilingual Translation Studies|
dc.contributor.organization-code1.2.246.10.2458963.20.22758552511
dc.converis.publication-id508608150
dc.converis.urlhttps://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/Publication/508608150
dc.date.accessioned2026-04-24T17:30:58Z
dc.description.abstract<p>The political novel Usong (1771), written by the Swiss physiologist Albrecht<br>von Haller (1708–1777), is set in the fifteenth century and tells the story of a Mongolian<br>prince who becomes the Emperor of Persia and redesigns the government of his empire to<br>promote the happiness of his subjects. Interestingly, this novel soon appeared in two com-<br>peting English translations, published in 1772 and 1773. While contemporary reviewers<br>focussed on the question of whether the language of Haller’s ‘oriental history’ was imag-<br>inative enough, this article argues that the English translators interpreted Usong in the<br>context of the early modern culture of improvement.<br></p>
dc.identifier.eissn1754-0208
dc.identifier.jour-issn1754-0194
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.utupub.fi/handle/11111/58980
dc.identifier.urlhttps://doi.org/10.1111/1754-0208.13004
dc.identifier.urnURN:NBN:fi-fe2026022315547
dc.language.isoen
dc.okm.affiliatedauthorTarkka, Laura
dc.okm.discipline6121 Languagesen_GB
dc.okm.discipline6121 Kielitieteetfi_FI
dc.okm.discipline615 History and archaeologyen_GB
dc.okm.discipline615 Historia ja arkeologiafi_FI
dc.okm.discipline6122 Literature studiesen_GB
dc.okm.discipline6122 Kirjallisuuden tutkimusfi_FI
dc.okm.internationalcopublicationnot an international co-publication
dc.okm.internationalityInternational publication
dc.okm.typeA1 ScientificArticle
dc.publisherWiley
dc.publisher.countryUnited Kingdomen_GB
dc.publisher.countryBritanniafi_FI
dc.publisher.country-codeGB
dc.relation.doi10.1111/1754-0208.13004
dc.relation.ispartofjournalJournal for Eighteenth-Century Studies
dc.titleImprovement in the English Translations of Albrecht von Haller's Usong (1771)
dc.year.issued2025

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