Representing Place in British Literature and Culture, 1660-1830
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 234
ISBN-13: 9781409419303
Subjects: Place (philosophy) in literature; Nationalism in literature; National characteristics, british; National characteristics in literature; Literature and society; English literature, history and criticism, 18th century
Description: "Revising traditional 'rise of the nation-state' narratives, this collection explores the development of and interactions among various forms of local, national, and transnational identities and affiliations during the long eighteenth century. By treating place as historically contingent and socially constructed, this volume examines how Britons experienced and related to a landscape altered by agricultural and industrial modernization, political and religious reform, migration, and the building of nascent overseas empires"--Jacket, p. [4].