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Before the Empire of English: Literature, Provinciality, and Nationalism in Eighteenth-Century Britain
Alok Yadav
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Hardcover. Num Pages: 239 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JF; DSBD; HBJD1; HBLL; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 161 x 18. Weight in Grams: 388.
Before the Empire of English offers a broad re-examination of Eighteenth-century British literary culture, centred around issues of language, nationalism, and provinciality. It revises our tendency to take for granted the metropolitan centrality of English-language writers of this period and shows, instead, how deeply these writers were conscious of the traditional marginality of their literary tradition in the European world of culture. The book focuses attention on crucial but largely overlooked aspects of Eighteenth-century English literary culture: the progress of English topos since the death of Cowley and the cultural aspirations and anxieties it condenses; the concept of the republic ... Read more
Before the Empire of English offers a broad re-examination of Eighteenth-century British literary culture, centred around issues of language, nationalism, and provinciality. It revises our tendency to take for granted the metropolitan centrality of English-language writers of this period and shows, instead, how deeply these writers were conscious of the traditional marginality of their literary tradition in the European world of culture. The book focuses attention on crucial but largely overlooked aspects of Eighteenth-century English literary culture: the progress of English topos since the death of Cowley and the cultural aspirations and anxieties it condenses; the concept of the republic ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Number of Pages
231
Place of Publication
Gordonsville, United States
ISBN
9781403964960
SKU
V9781403964960
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99-15
About Alok Yadav
ALOK YADAV is Assistant Professor of English at George Mason University, Virginia, USA.
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