Professorship for English Literature
Organisational unit: Section
Organisation profile
In the English Literature section, our research and teaching focusses on a wide range of topics from a broadly Cultural Studies perspective. Areas of particular interest in our research include narratology, image studies, literary translation and adaptation, transnational phenomena, Irish literature, children’s literature as well as literature of the Romantic period and eighteenth-century literature situated at the interface of literature and music. In our teaching we offer courses in the Bachelor and Master programmes in Teacher Education and Cultural Studies. Seminar topics range from a general Introduction to English Literature to literary translation, transmedia storytelling, contemporary Irish short stories, children’s literature, the picturebook and other multimodal texts, literary nonsense, specific writers such as Oscar Wilde or genres such as eighteenth-century travel. We explore how literature works between and beyond the book covers in research-based seminars and project seminars in cooperation with partners in literary institutions, in theatre excursions and through guest lectures by contemporary authors and translators as well as by representatives of publishing houses and from the local theatre. Committed to our teaching, we employ different didactic approaches and methods, including blended learning, and use a variety of teaching materials specifically tailored to our students’ needs and interests.
Topics
Areas of research are comparative literature, translation studies, image studies, children's literature and literature in the classroom (intercultural aspects and children's literature in foreign language learning and teaching).
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1968: Jahrbuch der Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendliteraturforschung 2018
Dettmar, U. (ed.), von Glasenapp, G. (ed.), O'Sullivan, E. (ed.), Roeder, C. (ed.) & Tomkowiak, I. (ed.), 2018, Frankfurt am Main: Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendliteraturforschung. 199 p. (Jahrbuch der Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendliteraturforschung; vol. 2018)Research output: Books and anthologies › Special Journal issue › Research
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Alice: Metamorphosen einer weltliterarischen Figur
O'Sullivan, E., 2019, Bilder zu "Klassikern". Dettmar, U., Pecher, C. M. & Anker, M. (eds.). Baltmannsweiler: Schneider Verlag Hohengehren, p. 67-89 23 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Around the World in a Jiffy: Humorous Treatments of Around-the-World Travel in German Children’s Books and Games
O'Sullivan, E., 01.10.2019, The World of Children: Foreign Cultures in Nineteenth-Century German Education and Entertainment. Lässig, S. & Weiß, A. (eds.). New York, Oxford: Berghahn Books, p. 203-227 25 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › peer-review
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A sense of place? The Irishness of Irish children's literature in translation
O'Sullivan, E., 2011, Young Irelands: studies in children's literature. Thompson, M. S. (ed.). Dublin: Four Courts Press, p. 137-153 17 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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At the periphery of the periphery: children's literature, global and local
O'Sullivan, E., 2007, Global fragments: (dis)orientation in the new world order. Bartels, A. & Wiemann, D. (eds.). Amsterdam: Rodopi, p. 241-258 18 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
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Auswahlbibliografie zur Kinder- und Jugendliteratur
Caspari, D., O´Sullivan, E. & Rösler, D., 2008, In: Praxis Fremdsprachenunterricht : Basisheft. 5, 6, p. 57 1 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Transfer
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Barrie, James Matthew: Biogramm
O'Sullivan, E., 2009, Kindlers Literatur-Lexikon. Arnold, H. L. (ed.). 3 ed. Stuttgart: J.B. Metzler, Vol. 2. p. 143 1 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Articles for encyclopedia › Research
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Beatrix Potter, writing in code: Beatrix Potter / M. Daphne Kutzer
O'Sullivan, E., 2005, In: Archiv für das Studium der neueren Sprachen und Literaturen. 242, 1, p. 428-430 3 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Critical reviews › Research
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Bilderwelten - Weltbilder : intermediale Repräsentation fremder und eigener Nationen in ABC- und Bilderbüchern
O'Sullivan, E., 2014, Kinder- und Jugendliteraturforschung international: Ansichten und Aussichten ; Festschrift für Hans-Heino Ewers. von Glasenapp, G., Dolle-Weinkauff, B. & Dettmar, U. (eds.). Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang Verlag, p. 89-108 20 p. (Kinder- und Jugendkultur, -literatur und -medien: Theorie - Geschichte - Didaktik ; vol. 93).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Boie, Kirsten
O'Sullivan, E., 2006, The Oxford encyclopedia of children's literature: Vol. 1: Aamu - Duan. Zipes, J. D. (ed.). Oxford [u.a.]: Oxford University Press, p. 178-179 2 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Articles for encyclopedia › Research
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Children's classics and translation
O'Sullivan, E., 08.02.2024, Translation and the Classic. Bandia, P. F., Hadley, J. & McElduff, S. (eds.). London: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, p. 73-91 19 p. 4Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Children's literature
O'Sullivan, E., 2007, Imagology: The Cultural Construction and Literary Representation of National Characters : a Critical Survey. Beller, M. & Leerssen, J. (eds.). Amsterdam [u.a.]: Rodopi, p. 290-294 5 p. (Studia Imagologica; vol. 13).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Children's literature and translation studies
O'Sullivan, E., 2013, The Routledge Handbook of Translation Studies. Millan-Varela, C. & Bartrina, F. (eds.). London, New York: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, p. 451-463 13 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Children's Literature Global and Local: Social and Aesthetic Perspectives ; [selected papers from the 16th biennal congress of the International Research Society for Children's Literature (IRSCL), held in Kristiansand, Norway in 2003]
O'Sullivan, E. (ed.), Reynolds, K. (ed.) & Romoren, R. (ed.), 2005, Oslo: Novus. 301 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Conference proceedings › Research
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Children’s Literature On The Move: Nations, Translations, Migrations. Edited by Nora Maguire and Beth Rodgers
O'Sullivan, E., 01.09.2014, In: Inis. 1 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Critical reviews › Research
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Coghlan, Valerie/Parkinson Siobhan (Eds.): Irish Children's Writers and Illustrators 1986-2006. Dublin: Church of Ireland College of Education Publications/Children's Books Ireland 2007 and Thompson, Mary Shine/Coghlan, Valerie (Eds.): Divided Worlds. Studies in children's literature.Dublin: Four Courts Press 2007.
O'Sullivan, E., 22.09.2007, In: The Irish Times. Weekend Review, p. 10 1 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Critical reviews › Transfer
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Comparative children's literature
O'Sullivan, E., 2009, Abingdon: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group. 210 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Book
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Comparative Children's Literature
O'Sullivan, E., 05.03.2005, Abingdon: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group. 256 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Book
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Comparative Children's Literature
O'Sullivan, E., 01.2011, In: PMLA . 126, 1, p. 189-196 8 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Comparative Children's Literature
O'Sullivan, E., 2011, Children's Literature Studies. A Research Handbook. O. Grenby, M. & Reynolds, K. (eds.). Palgrave Macmillan, p. 142-150 9 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Education › peer-review
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Cross-Translation
O'Sullivan, E., 2005, In: Eselsohr. 24, 11, p. 14 1 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Das lyrische Ich mag keinen Brokkoli: komische Kinderlyrik von Michael Rosen
O'Sullivan, E., 18.12.2018, Komik in der Kinder- und Jugendliteratur: Subversivität und Vergnügen im Fremdsprachenunterricht. Burwitz-Melzer, E., Caspari, D. & O'Sullivan, E. (eds.). Wien: Praesens Verlag, p. 107-124 18 p. (Kinder- und Jugendliteratur im Sprachenunterricht; vol. 6).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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De "la république universelle de l'enfance" à la globalisation de la culture des enfants: une perspective comparatiste de la littérature pour la jeunesse
O'Sullivan, E., 2009, Rencontres européennes de la littérature pour la jeunesse: Actes du colloque organisé à la BNF les 27 et 28 Novembre 2008. Beau, N. & Lorant-Jolly, A. (eds.). [Paris ]: Bibliothèque Nationale de France / Centre national de la littérature pour la jeunesse - La Joie par les livres, p. 21-31 11 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Der implizite Übersetzer in der Kinderliteratur: Ein Beitrag zur Theorie des kinderliterarischen Übersetzens
O'Sullivan, E., 2014, Text-Notationen: Übersetzung und Mehrsprachigkeit im Bereich der Kinder- und Jugendliteratur . Lexe, H. & Cevela, I. (eds.). 2. ed. Wien: STUBE, p. 4-13 10 p. (Fernkurs Kinder- und Jugendliteratur : Projekte).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Other › Research
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Der Sprachverliebte: Am 15. Juni 2015 verstarb Harry Rowohlt 70-jährig nach langer Krankheit in Hamburg. Der geniale Übersetzer und Performer gehörte zu den bekanntesten Stimmen der deutschen Literatur. Ein Nachruf.
O'Sullivan, E., 2015, In: JuLit. 3, p. 69-71 3 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Der Übersetzer als Performer: Harry Rowohlt erhält den Sonderpreis des Deutschen Jugendliteraturpreises 2005 für sein übersetzerisches Gesamtwerk
O'Sullivan, E., 2005, In: JuLit. 31, 4, p. 8-14 7 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Der Zauberlehrling im Internat: Harry Potter im Kontext der britischen Literaturtradition
O'Sullivan, E., 2006, Harry Potter - ein Literatur- und Medienereignis im Blickpunkt interdisziplinärer Forschung. Garbe, C. & Philipp, M. (eds.). Hamburg: LIT Verlag, p. 27-48 22 p. (Literatur - Medien - Rezeption : Studien zur Rezeption und Wirkung von Literatur und Medien ; vol. 1).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Die Geschichte(n) gefalteter Bücher: Leporellos, Livres-Accordéon und Folded Panoramas in Literatur und bildender Kunst. Ed. Christoph Benjamin Schulz. Hildesheim: Olms, 2019
O'Sullivan, E., 26.05.2021, In: Archiv für das Studium der neueren Sprachen und Literaturen. 173, 1, p. 199-201 3 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Critical reviews › Research
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Discourses of Internationalism in Children’s Literature
O'Sullivan, E., 2017, Child autonomy and child governance in children's literature: Where Children Rule. Kelen, C. & Sundmark, B. (eds.). 1 ed. London: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, p. 30-42 13 p. (Children's literature and culture).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › peer-review
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Divided Worlds: Studies in Children’s Literature.Edited by Mary Shine Thompson andValerie Coghlan. Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2007. 224 pages
O'Sullivan, E., 01.07.2008, In: International Research in Children's Literature. 1, 1, p. 103-104 2 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Critical reviews › Research
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Does Pinocchio have an Italian passport? what is specifically national and what is international about classics of children's literature
O'Sullivan, E., 2008, In: Children's Literature Review. 135, p. 179-189 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Does Pinocchio have an Italian passport? What is specifically national and what is international about classics of children's literature
O'Sullivan, E., 2006, The translation of children's literature: A Reader. Lathey, G. (ed.). Clevedon [u.a.]: Multilingual Matters , p. 146-162 17 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Editorial
von Glasenapp, G., O'Sullivan, E., Roeder, C., Staiger, M. & Tomkowiak, I., 2019, In: Jahrbuch der Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendliteraturforschung . 2019, p. 6-9 4 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Other (editorial matter etc.) › Research
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Edward Lear, A book of nonsense
Feest, C. F. & O'Sullivan, E., 2009, Kindlers Literatur-Lexikon: Kes - Len. Arnold, H. L. (ed.). 3 ed. Stuttgart [u.a.]: J.B. Metzler, Vol. 9. p. 744 1 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Articles for encyclopedia › Research
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Eine Maus und ein Kaninchen als Identifikationsfiguren für das Ausleben des Verbotenen: Dorothy Kilners „The Life and Perambulations of a Mouse“ (1783) und Beatrix Potters „Peter Rabbit“ (1902)
Köhler, U. K., 2021, In: Kjl & m forschung.schule.bibliothek. 73, 4, p. 28-33 6 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Einfachheit im (kinder)literaturtheoretischen Diskurs
O'Sullivan, E., 2016, Einfachheit in der Kinder- und Jugendliteratur: Ein Gewinn für den Fremdsprachenunterricht. Burwitz-Melzer, E. & O'Sullivan, E. (eds.). Wien: Praesens Verlag, p. 17-32 16 p. (Kinder- und Jugendliteratur im Sprachenunterricht; vol. 3).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Einfachheit in der Kinder- und Jugendliteratur: Ein Gewinn für den Fremdsprachenunterricht
Burwitz-Melzer, E. (ed.) & O'Sullivan, E. (ed.), 2016, Wien: Praesens Verlag. 212 p. (Kinder- und Jugendliteratur im Sprachenunterricht; vol. 3)Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research
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Einleitung
Burwitz-Melzer, E. & O'Sullivan, E., 2016, Einfachheit in der Kinder- und Jugendliteratur: Ein Gewinn für den Fremdsprachenunterricht. Burwitz-Melzer, E. & O'Sullivan, E. (eds.). Wien: Praesens Verlag, p. 7-14 8 p. (Kinder- und Jugendliteratur im Sprachenunterricht; vol. 3).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Einleitung
Burwitz-Melzer, E., Caspari, D. & O'Sullivan, E., 18.12.2018, Komik in der Kinder- und Jugendliteratur: Subversivität und Vergnügen im Fremdsprachenunterricht. Burwitz-Melzer, E., Caspari, D. & O'Sullivan, E. (eds.). Wien: Praesens Verlag, p. 7-15 9 p. (Kinder- und Jugendliteratur im Sprachenunterricht; vol. 6).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Ein übersetztes Rezept ohne Original.
O'Sullivan, E., 11.12.2023, Kulinarische Welten der Kinder- und Jugendliteratur.: Delikatessen aus erster Hand - eine Freundschaftsgabe für Carola Pohlmann.. Putjenter, S. (ed.). Berlin: Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin, p. 190-191 2 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Englishness in German translations of Alice in Wonderland
O'Sullivan, E., 2016, Interconnecting Translation Studies and Imagology. van Doorslaer, L., Flynn, P. & Leerssen, J. (eds.). Amsterdam, Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, p. 87-107 21 p. (Benjamins Translation Library; vol. 119).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › peer-review
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Ent-Fernungen, Fremdwahrnehmung und Kulturtransfer in der deutschsprachigen Kinder- und Jugendliteratur seit 1945, Bd. 1, Fremdwahrnehmung, zur Thematisierung kultureller Alterität in der deutschsprachigen Kinder- und Jugendliteratur seit 1945: Fremdwahrnehmung / Gina Weinkauff
O'Sullivan, E., 2007, In: Kinder- und Jugendliteraturforschung. p. 145-148 4 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Critical reviews › Research
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Erich und die Übersetzer. Eine komparatistische Analyse der Übersetzungen von Kästerns Kinderromanen.
O'Sullivan, E., 2005, "Laboratorium Vielseitigkeit". Zur Literatur der Weimarer Republik.: Festschrift für Helga Karrenbrock zum 60. Geburtstag.. Josting, P. & Fähnders, W. (eds.). Bielefeld: Aisthesis Verlag, p. 393-411 19 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Fakt, Fake und Fiktion: Jahrbuch der Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendliteraturforschung 2019
von Glasenapp, G. (ed.), O'Sullivan, E. (ed.), Roeder, C. (ed.), Staiger, M. (ed.) & Tomkowiak, I. (ed.), 01.12.2019, Frankfurt am Main: Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendliteraturforschung. 220 p. (Jahrbuch der Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendliteraturforschung; vol. 2019)Research output: Books and anthologies › Special Journal issue › Research
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Flucht und Migration: Jahrbuch der Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendliteraturforschung 2017
Dettmar, U. (ed.), von Glasenapp, G. (ed.), O'Sullivan, E. (ed.), Roeder, C. (ed.) & Tomkowiak, I. (ed.), 2017, Frankfurt am Main: Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendliteraturforschung. 233 p. (Jahrbuch der Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendliteraturforschung; vol. 2017)Research output: Books and anthologies › Special Journal issue › Research
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For Young Readers and Adults Alike? Children's Books in Teaching English as a Foreign Language
O'Sullivan, E. & Rösler, D., 2013, In: Hard Times . 93, p. 59-63 6 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Education › peer-review
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From the particular to the universal (and back again?): Irish children's literature in Germany
O'Sullivan, E., 2014, Ireland and the Irish in Germany – Reception and Perception. O’Reilly, C. & O’Regan, V. (eds.). Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, p. 103-124 22 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Fun and Military Games: The War in German Picturebooks, 1914-1915
O'Sullivan, E., 2016, Children's Literature and Culture of the First World War. Paul, L., Johnston, R. R. & Short, E. (eds.). New York: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, p. 197-213 17 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Genre(s): Jahrbuch der Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendliteraturforschung 2023
von Glasenapp, G. (ed.), Lötscher, C. (ed.), O'Sullivan, E. (ed.), Roeder, C. (ed.) & Stemmann, A. (ed.), 01.12.2023, Frankfurt: Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendliteraturforschung. 169 p. (Jahrbuch der Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendliteraturforschung; vol. 2023)Research output: Books and anthologies › Special Journal issue › Research
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German 1869: Back-translation of a passage from the German translation of Alice in Wonderland of 1869. With notes by Emer O'Sullivan
O'Sullivan, E. & Brodesser, B., 2015, Alice in a World of Wonderlands. The Translations of Lewis Carroll's Masterpiece. 3 Vols.. Lindseth, J. A. & Tannenbaum, A. (eds.). 1 ed. New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, Vol. 2: Back-Translations. p. 224-227 4 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review