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9780415840019 English 0415840015 The Transnational in English Literature examines English literary history through its transnational engagements and argues that every period of English Literature can be examined through its global relations. English identity and nationhood is therefore defined through its negotiation with other regions and cultures. The first book to look at the entirety of English literature through a transnational lens, Pramod Nayar: Maps the discourses that constitute the global in every age, from the Early Modern to the twentieth century Offers readings of representative texts in poetry, fiction, essay and drama, covering a variety of genres such as Early Modern tragedy, the adventure novel, the narrative poem, Gothic and utopian fiction Examines major authors including Shakespeare, Defoe, Behn, Swift, Coleridge, Wordsworth, Austen, Mary Shelley, the Brontes, Doyle, Ballantyne, Orwell, Conrad, Kipling, Forster Looks at themes such as travel and discovery, exoticism, mercantilism, commodities, the civilisational mission and the multiculturalization of England. Useful for students and academics alike this book offers a comprehensive survey of the English canon questioning and analysing the transnational and global engagements of English literature.", Transnational English Literature examines English literary history through its transnational engagements and argues that every period of English Literature can be characterised through its global relations. English identity and nationhood is therefore defined through its negotiation with other regions and cultures. The first book to look at the whole of English literature through a transnational lens, Pramod Nayar: Maps the discourses that constitute the global in every age Offers readings of major genres such as adventure, gothic, utopian etc Examines major authors including William Shakespeare, Daniel Defoe, Keats, Shelley, Tennyson, Orwell, Conrad, Dabydeen and Kureishi Looks at themes such as travel, discovery, exoticism, mercantilism, zoologies, civilisation and evangelicalism Useful for students and academics alike this book offers a comprehensive survey questioning and analysing the transnational and global engagements of English literature.
9780415840019 English 0415840015 The Transnational in English Literature examines English literary history through its transnational engagements and argues that every period of English Literature can be examined through its global relations. English identity and nationhood is therefore defined through its negotiation with other regions and cultures. The first book to look at the entirety of English literature through a transnational lens, Pramod Nayar: Maps the discourses that constitute the global in every age, from the Early Modern to the twentieth century Offers readings of representative texts in poetry, fiction, essay and drama, covering a variety of genres such as Early Modern tragedy, the adventure novel, the narrative poem, Gothic and utopian fiction Examines major authors including Shakespeare, Defoe, Behn, Swift, Coleridge, Wordsworth, Austen, Mary Shelley, the Brontes, Doyle, Ballantyne, Orwell, Conrad, Kipling, Forster Looks at themes such as travel and discovery, exoticism, mercantilism, commodities, the civilisational mission and the multiculturalization of England. Useful for students and academics alike this book offers a comprehensive survey of the English canon questioning and analysing the transnational and global engagements of English literature.", Transnational English Literature examines English literary history through its transnational engagements and argues that every period of English Literature can be characterised through its global relations. English identity and nationhood is therefore defined through its negotiation with other regions and cultures. The first book to look at the whole of English literature through a transnational lens, Pramod Nayar: Maps the discourses that constitute the global in every age Offers readings of major genres such as adventure, gothic, utopian etc Examines major authors including William Shakespeare, Daniel Defoe, Keats, Shelley, Tennyson, Orwell, Conrad, Dabydeen and Kureishi Looks at themes such as travel, discovery, exoticism, mercantilism, zoologies, civilisation and evangelicalism Useful for students and academics alike this book offers a comprehensive survey questioning and analysing the transnational and global engagements of English literature.