Atlantic Republic: The American Tradition in English Literature

by Paul Giles

Book Overview

Atlantic Republic traces the legacy of the United States both as a place and as an idea in the work of English writers from 1776 to the present day. Seeing the disputes of the Reformation as a precursor to this transatlantic divide, it argues that America has operated since the Revolution as a focal point for various traditions of dissent within English culture. By ranging over writers from Richard Price and Susanna Rowson in the 1790s to Angela Carter...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199206333
• ISBN13: 9780199206339
• Release Date: January 2007
• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.6" x 9.3"