Devolving English Literature

by Robert Crawford

Book Overview

This widely-praised book looks at the rise and fall of 'Britishness' in literature over the last three centuries. Arguing that for much of its history the subject of 'English Literature' has been bound up with an assumed English cultural centre, Devolving English Literature examines the literary construction and questioning of a British (rather than simply English) literary identity. Surveying eighteenth and nineteenth-century writers, including...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 074861429X
• ISBN13: 9780748614295
• Release Date: August 2000
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.2"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher