Scottish and Irish Romanticism

by Murray Pittock

Scottish and Irish Romanticism is the first single-author book to address the main non-English Romanticisms of the British Isles. Murray Pittock begins by questioning the terms of his chosen title as he searches for a definition of Romanticism and for the meaning of 'national literature'. He proposes certain determining 'triggers' for the recognition of the presence of a national literature, and also deals with two major problems which are holding...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199232792
• ISBN13: 9780199232796
• Release Date: March 2008
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 306 Pages
• Weight: 1.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.5"