Europe in British literature and culture / edited by Petra Rau, William T. Rossiter.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rau, Petra, 1969- editor.

Rossiter, William T., editor.

Series:

Cambridge themes in British literature and culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English literature--European influences.

English literature.

Great Britain--Civilization.

Great Britain.

Great Britain--Civilization--European influences.

Physical Description:

xix, 432 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2024.

Summary:

"How has Europe shaped British literature and culture - and vice versa - since the Middle Ages? This volume discusses the long history of British-European cultural and literary interactions since the early modern period. It offers four different approaches to the complexity of 'Europe.'"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction / Petra Rau and William T. Rossiter

The Mediterranean / William T. Rossiter

France / Thomas Hinton

Central Europe / Richard Robinson with Julian Preece

Ireland / Eugene McNulty and Ellen Howley

Scandinavia / Elettra Carbone

The Balkans and Ruritania / Alex Drace-Francis

Renaissance / David Rundle

The Enlightenment / Dorinda Outram

Romanticism / Rüdiger Görner

The gothic / Victor Sage

Modernism / Sanja Bahun

Early Modern print technologies / Thomas Roebuck

Diplomacy / Tracey A. Sowerby

Grand tours and sentimental journeys / Zoë Kinsley

Folkland fairy tales / Andrew Teverson

Translation / William T. Rossiter & Duncan Large

More or less English : British writers abroad / Barbara Korte

Holocaust education and commemoration in Britain / Sue Vice

Critical and literary theory / Hans Bertens

Culinary longings : French food on British tables / Petra Rau

Blockade communications : British cultural diplomacy and the wartime border / Adam Piette

Britain as "The asylum of nations" : Contested migrations, 1789-1960 / David Glover

Great games : diplomacy and espionage in British fiction / Allan Hepburn

Border crisis: Brexit, pandemic, war in Europe / Petra Rau and William T. Rossiter.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Europe in British literature and culture.

ISBN:

9781009425490

1009425498

9781009425537

1009425536

OCLC:

1419683538