Bardic Nationalism: The Romantic Novel and the British Empire by Katherine M. Tr

Description: Bardic Nationalism by Katherine M. Trumpener Links the literary and intellectual history of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Britains 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. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description This magisterial work links the literary and intellectual history of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Britains 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. Katie Trumpener recovers and recontextualizes a vast body of fiction to describe the history of the novel during a period of formal experimentation and political engagement, between its eighteenth-century "rise" and its Victorian "heyday." During the late eighteenth century, antiquaries in Ireland, Scotland, and Wales answered modernization and anglicization initiatives with nationalist arguments for cultural preservation. Responding in particular to Enlightenment dismissals of Gaelic oral traditions, they reconceived national and literary history under the sign of the bard.Their pathbreaking models of national and literary history, their new way of reading national landscapes, and their debates about tradition and cultural transmission shaped a succession of new novelistic genres, from Gothic and sentimental fiction to the national tale and the historical novel.In Ireland and Scotland, these genres were used to mount nationalist arguments for cultural specificity and against "internal colonization." Yet once exported throughout the nascent British empire, they also formed the basis of the first colonial fiction of Canada, Australia, and British India, used not only to attack imperialism but to justify the imperial project. Literary forms intended to shore up national memory paradoxically become the means of buttressing imperial ideology and enforcing imperial amnesia. Notes This is an impressively ambitious and assured piece of work that will become one of the indispensable books on the British novel. Thematically rich, conceptually powerful, full of surprising illuminations, Bardic Nationalism succeeds in redefining one of the crucial, contested fields in current literary historiography. Trumpener writes a lucid, sinewy prose, capable of feats of intelligent compression and analytical precision. -- Ian Duncan, University of Oregon Back Cover "This is an impressively ambitious and assured piece of work that will become one of the indispensable books on the British novel. Thematically rich, conceptually powerful, full of surprising illuminations,Bardic Nationalismsucceeds in redefining one of the crucial, contested fields in current literary historiography. Trumpener writes a lucid, sinewy prose, capable of feats of intelligent compression and analytical precision."--Ian Duncan, University of Oregon Author Biography Katie Trumpener is Associate Professor of English, Germanic Studies, and Comparative Literature at the University of Chicago. Table of Contents List 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 Review Winner 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 Promotional This is an impressively ambitious and assured piece of work that will become one of the indispensable books on the British novel. Thematically rich, conceptually powerful, full of surprising illuminations, Bardic Nationalism succeeds in redefining one of the crucial, contested fields in current literary historiography. Trumpener writes a lucid, sinewy prose, capable of feats of intelligent compression and analytical precision. -- Ian Duncan, University of Oregon Prizes Winner of Rose Mary Crawshay Prize 1998 Winner of Modern Language Association Prize for a First Book 1998 Long Description This magisterial work links the literary and intellectual history of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Britains 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. Katie Trumpener recovers and recontextualizes a vast body of fiction to describe the history of the novel during a period of formal experimentation and political engagement, between its eighteenth-century "rise" and its Victorian "heyday." During the late eighteenth century, antiquaries in Ireland, Scotland, and Wales answered modernization and anglicization initiatives with nationalist arguments for cultural preservation. Responding in particular to Enlightenment dismissals of Gaelic oral traditions, they reconceived national and literary history under the sign of the bard.Their pathbreaking models of national and literary history, their new way of reading national landscapes, and their debates about tradition and cultural transmission shaped a succession of new novelistic genres, from Gothic and sentimental fiction to the national tale and the historical novel.In Ireland and Scotland, these genres were used to mount nationalist arguments for cultural specificity and against "internal colonization." Yet once exported throughout the nascent British empire, they also formed the basis of the first colonial fiction of Canada, Australia, and British India, used not only to attack imperialism but to justify the imperial project. Literary forms intended to shore up national memory paradoxically become the means of buttressing imperial ideology and enforcing imperial amnesia. Review Quote Winner of the 1998 Rose Mary Crawshay Prize, British Academy Winner of the 1998 First Book Prize, Modern Language Association Details ISBN0691044805 Short Title BARDIC NATIONALISM Publisher Princeton University Press Language English ISBN-10 0691044805 ISBN-13 9780691044804 Media Book Format Paperback Year 1997 Imprint Princeton University Press Subtitle The Romantic Novel and the British Empire Place of Publication New Jersey Country of Publication United States Birth 1961 Pages 416 Illustrations 10 halftones Translated from English DOI 10.1604/9780691044804 Series Number 2 UK Release Date 1997-05-25 NZ Release Date 1997-05-25 US Release Date 1997-05-25 Series Literature in History Publication Date 1997-05-25 Alternative 9780691044811 DEWEY 823.709358 Audience Professional & Vocational AU Release Date 1997-08-04 Author Katherine M. Trumpener We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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