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Wright, Dr. Julia M.. Ed(S): Hutchings, Dr. Kevin - Transatlantic Literary Exchanges, 1790-1870: Gender, Race, and Nation - 9781409409533 - V9781409409533
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Transatlantic Literary Exchanges, 1790-1870: Gender, Race, and Nation

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Description for Transatlantic Literary Exchanges, 1790-1870: Gender, Race, and Nation hardcover. Exploring the ways in which transatlantic relationships functioned in the nineteenth century to unsettle hierarchical models of gender, race, and national and cultural differences, this collection demonstrates the generative potential of transatlantic studies to loosen demographic frames and challenge conveniently linear histories. Editor(s): Hutchings, Dr. Kevin. Series Editor(s): Hutchings, Dr. Kevin; Wright, Dr. Julia M. Series: Ashgate Series in Nineteenth-Century Transatlantic Studies. Num Pages: 226 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 590.
Exploring the ways in which transatlantic relationships functioned in the nineteenth century to unsettle hierarchical models of gender, race, and national and cultural differences, this collection demonstrates the generative potential of transatlantic studies to loosen demographic frames and challenge conveniently linear histories. The contributors take up a rich and varied range of topics, including Charlotte Smith's novelistic treatment of the American Revolution, The Old Manor House; Anna Jameson's counter-discursive constructions of gender in a travelogue; Felicia Hemans, Herman Melville, and the 'Queer Atlantic'; representations of indigenous religion and shamanism in British Romantic literary discourse; the mid-nineteenth-century transatlantic abolitionist movement; the ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Routledge United Kingdom
Number of pages
226
Condition
New
Series
Ashgate Series in Nineteenth-Century Transatlantic Studies
Number of Pages
226
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781409409533
SKU
V9781409409533
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About Wright, Dr. Julia M.. Ed(S): Hutchings, Dr. Kevin
Kevin Hutchings is Professor of English and Canada Research Chair in Literature, Culture, and Environmental Studies at the University of Northern British Columbia, and Julia M. Wright is Associate Professor of English and Canada Research Chair in European Studies at Dalhousie University.

Reviews for Transatlantic Literary Exchanges, 1790-1870: Gender, Race, and Nation
'The essays in Transatlantic Literary Exchanges examine spaces where national attachments are mixed, multiple, and/or ambiguous. In focusing on such liminal spaces in an impressive range of works and authors, the collection offers many important new insights into the construction of-and contestation over-key conceptual categories, such as sexuality, nature, and genre. These insights pose profound questions about the way we ... Read more

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