Haywood in Holland : translating the passions in the French and Dutch translation of Idalia; or the Unfortunate Mistress (1723)

Haywood’s translations remain almost wholly overlooked, yet they represent a considerable part of Haywood’s contemporary output and her original international audience. As such, they are an important to understanding Haywood’s popularity. Perhaps surprisingly, not only were her late-career domestic novels frequently translated; her amatory fictions from the 1720s also continued to have a rich continental afterlife from the 1750s onwards. This chapter examines the French and subsequent Dutch translations of Idalia; or the Unfortunate Mistress (1727), arguing that, to cater to the sentimental li... Mehr ...