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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Publicado en:	Western American Literature Vol. 47; no. 1; pp. 22 - 45
Autores principales:	Boyden, Michael, Vandenbussche, Liselotte
Formato:	Literary Criticism
Publicado:	Western Literature Association Spring2012
Materias:	Het Goudland (Book) Boys of the Sierras, The (Book) Off to California (Book) Conscience, Hendrik, 1812-1883 California Gold Rush, 1848-1852
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