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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 1
Literary detection in the archives

Revealing Jeanne Heywood (1856–1909)

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Article outline
  • Adopting a microhistorical approach
  • Who was Jeanne Heywood?
  • Tracing British archives in American collections
  • Mr C. Heywood Esquire
  • Exploring judicial evidence
  • Connections to the Kessler family
  • Evaluating archival research
  • Notes
  • References
Published online: 3 May 2021
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