Translating the American West into English: The Case of Hendrik Conscience's Het Goudland.

This essay analyzes the US adaptations of Het Goudland (1862), an adventure novel about the California Gold Rush by the Flemish writer Hendrik Conscience (1812-1883). Contrary to other European writers of Western romances, Conscience refrained from romanticizing the West. Rather, he approached the h...

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Published in:	Western American Literature Vol. 47; no. 1; pp. 22 - 45
Main Authors:	Boyden, Michael, Vandenbussche, Liselotte
Format:	Literary Criticism
Published:	Western Literature Association Spring2012
Subjects:	Het Goudland (Book) Boys of the Sierras, The (Book) Off to California (Book) Conscience, Hendrik, 1812-1883 California Gold Rush, 1848-1852
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost