  We have obtained a Hubble Space Telescope ultraviolet image and spectrum of
the nearby Wolf-Rayet galaxy NGC 1741. The spatial morphology from the Faint
Object Camera image is dominated by two main starburst centers, each being
about 100 times as luminous as 30 Doradus. Both starburst centers are composed
of several intense knots of recent star formation. A Goddard High Resolution
Spectrograph spectrum of a portion of the southern starburst center is
consistent with a population of young stars following a Salpeter IMF for masses
above approx 15 Msun (lower mass stars may also be present), and extending up
to approx 100 Msun; about 10^4 O-type stars are inferred from the UV
luminosity. Numerous strong interstellar lines are detected. Although not
resolved, their strength suggests that they are formed in individual bubbles
and shells with velocities up to a few hundred kms. The red wing of the
Lyman-alpha absorption profile indicates the presence of several neutral
hydrogen components, one in our own Galaxy and the others at or close to the
distance of NGC 1741. Overall, the stellar and interstellar line spectrum, as
well as the continuum shape of NGC 1741, strongly resembles star-forming
galaxies recently discovered at high redshift.
