Before the empire of English : literature, provinciality, and nationalism in eighteenth-century Britain /
Yadav, Alok.
New York ; Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan,
2004.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : (dis)establishing the empire of English -- The progress of English -- The republic of letters -- National differences and national autonomy.
English literature
National characteristics, British, in literature.
Nationalism and literature
English literature
Nationalism in literature.
Imperialism in literature.