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.
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Tabella dei contenuti
List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Thomson’s Vision of Britannia 2. Smollett and Dialectical Nationalism 3. Ramsay, Hume, and British Portraiture 4. Ossian, Wolfe, and the Death of Heroism 5. Boswell: Self, Text, Nation 6. Scott, Turner, and the Vision of North Britain Bibliography Index
Circa l’autore
Sebastian Mitchell is Lecturer in English Literature at the University of Birmingham, UK.
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Lingua Inglese ● Formato PDF ● Pagine 291 ● ISBN 9781137290113 ● Dimensione 2.5 MB ● Casa editrice Palgrave Macmillan UK ● Città London ● Paese GB ● Pubblicato 2013 ● Scaricabile 24 mesi ● Moneta EUR ● ID 2712723 ● Protezione dalla copia DRM sociale
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