Description |
xii, 314 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
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Translation/transnation |
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Translation/transnation.
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Contents |
I: Bunyan in the Protestant Atlantic -- 1. The Congo on Camden Road -- 2. Making Bunyan familiar in the mission domain -- 3. Translating Bunyan -- 4. Mata's hermeneutic: internationally made ways of reading Bunyan -- II: Bunyan, the public sphere, and Africa -- 5. John Bunyan Luthuli: African mission elites and the pilgrim's progress -- 6. Dreams, documents, and passports to heaven: African Christian interpretations of the pilgrim's progress -- 7. African Protestant masculinities in the empire: Ethel M. Dell, Thomas Mofolo, and Mr. Great-heart -- 8. Illustrating Bunyan -- 9. Bunyan in the African novel -- III: Post-Bunyan -- 10. How Bunyan became English -- Lifting the tollgates -- Bunyan translations by language -- A social profile of Bunyan translators |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-306) and index |
Subject |
Bunyan, John, 1628-1688. Pilgrim's progress.
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Bunyan, John, 1628-1688 -- Translations into African languages -- History and criticism
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Bunyan, John, 1628-1688 -- Appreciation -- Africa.
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Bunyan, John, 1628-1688 -- Influence.
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English language -- Translating into African languages
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Christian fiction, English -- History and criticism.
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Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages in literature.
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African literature -- English influences.
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Translating and interpreting -- Africa.
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Christianity and literature -- Africa.
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Books and reading -- Africa.
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LC no. |
2003044491 |
ISBN |
0691116555 (acid-free paper) |
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9780691116556 (acid-free paper) |
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0691116563 (paperback: acid-free paper) |
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9780691116563 (paperback: acid-free paper) |
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