Keywords
Vanity Fair
transnational book circulation
Victorian literature
19th century Mexico
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Abstract
This paper presents a study on the reception of Victorian novelist William Thackeray in 19th century Mexico. It also undertakes the Mexican translation of Vanity Fair (1848) printed by the publishing house Imprenta de Andrade y Escalante in 1860, and the subsequent critical engagement with Thackeray’s work during the Porfiriato period. The 1860 edition is noteworthy because it is the first translation of Thackeray’s novel into Spanish, significantly preceding the version published in Spain. The details surrounding its publication highlight the prevalence of French influence on Mexican culture during the first half of the century. Conversely, the literary and critical engagement around Thackeray in the final decades of the century signals the emergence of a truly Mexican Republic of Letters, in its distinctly Mexican negotiation with European culture.
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