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Transatlantic Literature and Author Love in the Nineteenth Century

By Paul Westover , Ann Wierda Rowland (eds.)

Book information

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Year
2016
ISBN
978-3-319-32819-5, 978-3-319-32820-1
DOI
10.1007/978-3-319-32820-1
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
5 MB (5304924 bytes)
Series
Palgrave Studies in Nineteenth-Century Writing and Culture
Edition
1
Pages
XIV, 371\381
Time added
2016-11-20 09:00:00
Nineteenth-Century Literature

Description

This book is about Anglo-American literary heritage. It argues that readers on both sides of the Atlantic shaped the contours of international ‘English’ in the 1800s, expressing love for books and authors in a wide range of media and social practices. It highlights how, in the wake of American independence, the affection bestowed on authors who became international objects of celebration and commemoration was a major force in the invention of transnational ‘English’ literature, the popular canon defined by shared language and tradition. While love as such is difficult to quantify and recover, the records of such affection survive not just in print, but also in other media: in monuments, in architecture, and in the ephemera of material culture. Thus, this collection brings into view a wide range of nineteenth-century expressions of love for literature and its creators.

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