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Translations and Intertexts in Preti Taneja's We That Are Young: A Pedagogical Commentary

Translations and Intertexts in Preti Taneja's We That Are Young: A Pedagogical Commentary

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Translations and Intertexts in Preti Taneja's We That Are Young: A Pedagogical Commentary

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Translations and Intertexts in Preti Taneja's We That Are Young: A Pedagogical Commentary

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Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press

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Studies in English literature, 1500-1900, 2022-12, Vol.62 (1), p.159-169

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English

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Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press

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This piece examines the intertextual dynamics of Preti Taneja's "translation" of King Lear , act I, scene iv in We That Are Young . This passage, structurally Shakespearean and voiced through a translated hymn from the Rigveda, reactivates the colonial history of interpretation and contestation that has shaped both Shakespeare and Vedas. Such momen...

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Translations and Intertexts in Preti Taneja's We That Are Young: A Pedagogical Commentary

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TN_cdi_proquest_journals_3020690785

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_journals_3020690785

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0039-3657,1522-9270

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1522-9270

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10.1353/sel.2022.a922564

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