An edition of Writing empire
(2012)
Writing empire
Latin quotations in texts on the British Empire
by Bente Lucht
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Writing empire: Latin quotations in texts on the British Empire
2012, Winter
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Table of Contents
Introduction: Latin as a sign
Latin and power
Latin and gender
Latin and the British Empire
Approach and methodology. Translatio(n) and tradition: Translatio(n)
Translatio Imperii et Studii
Tradition
Case study: Queen Victoria - 'Empress of India'
"Traveling theory" and Translationes
Intertextuality and quotation
Rudyard Kipling. Kipling's "Regulus": Horace's Regulus and Kipling's "Regulus"
Translatio(n) in Kipling's "Regulus"
"A translation - Horace, Bk. V, Ode 3"
Puck of Pook's Hill: the Roman stories: "A centurion of the thirtieth"
"A centurion of the thirtieth" and the memento mori-lyric
Translation in Kipling's "A centurion of the thirtieth"
Joseph Conrad. "Heart of darkness" and the Roman paradigm
Ave! Morituri Te Salutant
The function of the Roman culture in "Heart of darkness"
George Orwell. Burmese days and imperialism
The Civis Romanus Sum-doctrine
Burmese days and the Memento Mori-lyric
The function of Latin in Burmese days
Methodology revisited: (post)modernism, (post)colonialism
Brian Friel's Translations. Postcolonial Ireland
Ireland, the classical tradition and Friel's Irish education in the hedge schools
Brian Friel's Translations and Latin quotations
Tom Stoppard. Indian ink and the metanarrative of Translatio Amoris
Translatio Imperii et Studii vs. Translatio Amoris?
Indian ink and Memento Mori
Conclusion: Romanes eunt domus
Bibliography.
Edition Notes
Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Münster, 2011.
includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-239).
Includes texts in Latin.
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