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Englishness in German translations of Alice in Wonderland

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Englishness in German translations of Alice in Wonderland. / O'Sullivan, Emer.
Interconnecting Translation Studies and Imagology. ed. / Luc van Doorslaer; Peter Flynn; Joep Leerssen. Amsterdam, Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2016. p. 87-107 (Benjamins Translation Library; Vol. 119).

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Harvard

O'Sullivan, E 2016, Englishness in German translations of Alice in Wonderland. in L van Doorslaer, P Flynn & J Leerssen (eds), Interconnecting Translation Studies and Imagology. Benjamins Translation Library, vol. 119, John Benjamins Publishing Company, Amsterdam, Philadelphia, pp. 87-107. https://doi.org/10.1075/btl.119.06sul

APA

O'Sullivan, E. (2016). Englishness in German translations of Alice in Wonderland. In L. van Doorslaer, P. Flynn, & J. Leerssen (Eds.), Interconnecting Translation Studies and Imagology (pp. 87-107). (Benjamins Translation Library; Vol. 119). John Benjamins Publishing Company. https://doi.org/10.1075/btl.119.06sul

Vancouver

O'Sullivan E. Englishness in German translations of Alice in Wonderland. In van Doorslaer L, Flynn P, Leerssen J, editors, Interconnecting Translation Studies and Imagology. Amsterdam, Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company. 2016. p. 87-107. (Benjamins Translation Library). doi: 10.1075/btl.119.06sul

Bibtex

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