Atlantic Republic: The American Tradition in English Literature

by Paul Giles

Book Overview

Atlantic Republic traces the legacy of the United States both as a place and as an idea in the work of English writers from 1776 to the present day. Seeing the disputes of the Reformation as a precursor to this transatlantic divide, it argues that America has operated since the Revolution as a focal point for various traditions of dissent within English culture. By ranging over writers from Richard Price and Susanna Rowson in the 1790s to Angela Carter...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199567034
• ISBN13: 9780199567034
• Release Date: August 2009
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 2.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"