Twilight of the Aristocrats: Foreign Words in Women in Love
Among Lawrence’s novels, Women in Love is remarkable for its frequent use of foreign words. Leaving aside the most common borrowings, many phrases in French, Italian, and German appear so strange to the English-speaking reader that Mark Kinkead-Weekes provided translations for them in the textual a...
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| Formato: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Idioma: | Anglais |
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Études Lawrenciennes
2014
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| Acceso en liña: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Résumé: | Among Lawrence’s novels, Women in Love is remarkable for its frequent use of foreign words. Leaving aside the most common borrowings, many phrases in French, Italian, and German appear so strange to the English-speaking reader that Mark Kinkead-Weekes provided translations for them in the textual apparatus of his edition. One could argue that this is justified since the last chapters take place abroad, when the four main characters travel across the continent; foreign phrases contribute to g... |
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