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Leith Davis - Acts of Union: Scotland and the Literary Negotiation of the British Nation, 1707-1830 - 9780804732697 - KSG0024873
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Acts of Union: Scotland and the Literary Negotiation of the British Nation, 1707-1830

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Description for Acts of Union: Scotland and the Literary Negotiation of the British Nation, 1707-1830 Hardback. This work explores the political relationship between Scotland and England as it was negotiated in the literary realm in the century after the 1707 Act of Union. It examines Britain, one of the precursors to the modern nation and as a dynamic process and a dialogue between heterogeneous elements. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DBKS; HBJD1; HBLL; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 515. Fine in fine dust wrapper. Showing some shelfwear to DW and boards, remains a fine copy

Acts of Union explores the political relationship between Scotland and England as it was negotiated in the literary realm in the century after the 1707 Act of Union. It examines Britain, one of the precursors to the modern nation, not as a homogeneous, stable unit, but as a dynamic process, a dialogue between heterogeneous elements. Far from being constituted by a single Act of Union, the author contends, Britain was forged—in all the variant senses of that word—from multiple acts of union and dislocation over time.

Accordingly, each of the first five chapters focuses on a discursive encounter between a ... Read more

The concluding chapter considers the use made of the representation of Scottish national difference in the institutionalization of English literature. As well as plotting out specific moments during which writing served both to trouble and to renegotiate the Union of Great Britain, the book considers the articulation of British national identity within more general questions concerning postcolonial theories of the nation, and also sets itself within the current debate about the future of Scotland within Britain.

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
Palo Alto, United States
ISBN
9780804732697
SKU
KSG0024873
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About Leith Davis
Leith Davis is Assistant Professor of English at Simon Fraser University.

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