Fragments of Union: Making Connections in Scottish and American Writing

by Susan Manning and Susan Manning

Book Overview

Fragments of Union, a new approach to comparative literary studies, is about forms of connections: between nations, literatures, individuals, words. It asks how, and why, connections get severed, and about the nature of the pieces that remain. Interdisciplinary readings of writings by Scots and Americans re-draw the literary map of both countries during the Enlightenment and Romantic periods. Political, philosophical, cultural and grammatical dimensions...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 134941364X
• ISBN13: 9781349413645
• Release Date: December 2001
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 339 Pages
• Weight: 0.89 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"