Americans in British literature, 1770-1832; a breed apart.9780754660477 Americans in British literature British literature is literature from the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. By far the largest part of this literature is written in the English language, but there are also separate literatures in Latin, Welsh, Scottish Gaelic, Scots, Cornish, Manx, , 1770-1832; a breed apart. Flynn, Christopher. Ashgate Publishing Co. 2008 155 pages $89.95 Hardcover PR129 Flynn (English literature English literature, literature written in English since c.1450 by the inhabitants of the British Isles; it was during the 15th cent. that the English language acquired much of its modern form. , St. Edward's U., Texas) examines how British writers expressed some confusion and ambivalence over where exactly English settlers in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. fit on the savage-civilized continuum that explained the world during the period of European colonization colonization, extension of political and economic control over an area by a state whose nationals have occupied the area and usually possess organizational or technological superiority over the native population. . Perhaps most confusing was that the Americans seemed to be rejecting the very empire that they themselves personified and did much to create and further. ([c]20082005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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