Visions of Britain, 1730-1830 [electronic resource] : Anglo-Scottish Writing and Representation /
Mitchell, Sebastian.author.
This is a revisionist study of the literary and visual representation of the nation in the century following the formation of the British state. It argues that the most engaging accounts of Great Britain subject their imagery to sustained artistic pressure, threatening to dismantle the national vision at the moment of its construction.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Thomson's vision of Britannia -- Smollett and dialectical nationalism -- Ramsay, Hume, and British portraiture -- Ossian, Wolfe, and the death of heroism -- Boswell: self, text, nation -- Scott, Turner, and the vision of North Britain.
This is a revisionist study of the literary and visual representation of the nation in the century following the formation of the British state. It argues that the most engaging accounts of Great Britain subject their imagery to sustained artistic pressure, threatening to dismantle the national vision at the moment of its construction.
Literature, Modern.
Literature, Modern—19th century.
British literature.
Great Britain—History.
Literature, Modern—18th century.
Early Modern/Renaissance Literature.
Nineteenth-Century Literature.
British and Irish Literature.
History of Britain and Ireland.
Eighteenth-Century Literature.