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Literary Translator Studies
Edited by Klaus Kaindl, Waltraud Kolb and Daniela Schlager
[Benjamins Translation Library 156] 2021
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Chapter 2
George Egerton and Eleanor Marx as mediators of Scandinavian literature

| University College Dublin
Article outline
  • Introduction
  • Eleanor Marx
  • George Egerton (Mary Chavelita Dunne)
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • References
Published online: 3 May 2021
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