Description
Book SynopsisLinks the literary and intellectual history of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Britain's overseas colonies during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries to redraw our picture of the origins of cultural nationalism, the lineages of the novel, and the literary history of the English-speaking world.
Trade ReviewWinner of the 1998 Rose Mary Crawshay Prize, British Academy Winner of the 1998 First Book Prize, Modern Language Association "Bardic Nationalism is an ambitious, important survey that encompasses different genres (statistical survey, travel literature, Gothic fiction, national tale, historical novel, diaristic chronicle), different historical periods (late-eighteenth-century, Romantic, Victorian, even contemporary), and different national literatures (Scottish, Irish, Welsh, Australian, Canadian)."--Nineteenth-Century Literature
Table of ContentsList of IllustrationsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Harps Hung upon the Willow3Ch. 1The Bog Itself: Enlightenment Prospects and National Elegies37Ch. 2The End of an Auld Sang: Oral Tradition and Literary History67Ch. 3National Character, Nationalist Plots: National Tale and Historical Novel in the Age of Waverley, 1806-1830128Ch. 4Coming Home: Imperial and Domestic Fiction, 1790-1815161Ch. 5The Old Wives' Tale: The Fostering System as National and Imperial Education193Ch. 6The Abbotsford Guide to India: Romantic Fictions of Empire and the Narratives of Canadian Literature242Notes293Select Bibliography367Index411
