Transatlantic insurrections : British culture and the formation of American literature, 1730-1860 /

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Selected byChoicemagazine as an Outstanding Academic Title for 2001Paul Giles traces the paradoxical relations between English and American literature from 1730 through 1860, suggesting how the formation of a literary tradition in each national culture was deeply dependent upon negotiation with its...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Giles, Paul
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©2001.
Temas:
1600-1899
American literature > English influences.
American literature > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 > History and criticism.
American literature > Revolution, 1775-1783 > History and criticism.
American literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
American literature > 1783-1850 > History and criticism.
English literature > Appreciation > United States.
Littérature américaine > ca 1600-1775 (Période coloniale) > Histoire et critique.
Littérature américaine > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Littérature américaine > 1783-1850 > Histoire et critique.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
American literature
American literature > Colonial period
American literature > English influences
Civilization > British influences
English literature > Appreciation
International relations
United States > Civilization > British influences.
United States > Relations > Great Britain.
Great Britain > Relations > United States.
États-Unis > Civilisation > Influence britannique.
Great Britain
United States
History
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction. British-American literature: paradoxical constitutions, civil wars
  • The art of sinking: Alexander Pope and Mather Byles
  • Topsy-turvy neoclassicism: the Connecticut wits
  • From allegory to exchange: Richardson and Franklin
  • The culture of sensibility: Jefferson, Sterne, and Burke
  • "Another world must be unfurled": Jane Austen and America
  • Burlesques of civility: Washington Irving
  • Perverse reflections: Hawthorne and Trollope
  • Conclusion. Transatlantic perspectives: Poe and Equiano.

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