Britannia's Issue: The Rise of British Literature from Dryden to Ossian

by Howard Weinbrot and Howard D. Weinbrot

Book Overview

This, Howard D.Weinbrot's magnum opus, draws on a large range of material to chronicle the developing confidence in British national literature from the 1670s to the 1770s. Using varied biblical, classical, English, economic, French, historical, literary, philosophical, political and Scottish sources, Professor Weinbrot shows that one of the central trends of eighteenth-century Britain was the movement away from classical towards native values and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521034108
• ISBN13: 9780521034104
• Release Date: March 2007
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 644 Pages
• Weight: 2.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"