Special relationships : Anglo-American affinities and antagonisms 1854-1936

In a series of essays contributors have produced diverse and innovative interventions in the field of Anglo-American literary relations. The authors discussed include Gertrude Stein, Alfred North Whitehead, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Sarah Grand, Henry James, George Eliot, and others. Subjects discussed include Scottish-American literary relations, the Atlanticist dimension of Spiritualism, American interventions in the debate about Highland clearances, American slavery, and British pastoralism. About the AuthorJanet Beer is Professor of English, Manchester Metropolitan University. Bridget Bennett is Senior Lecturer in the School of English, University of Leeds. [C:\Users\Microsoft\Documents\Calibre Library] This collection of essays by leading scholars of American literature and culture has emerged out of recent debates on the historical, geographical, symbolic, and cultural significance of the Atlantic, as well as new work in the area of Transatlantic Studies. In a series of fascinating essays the authors have produced diverse and innovative interventions in the field of Anglo-American literary relations. The authors discussed range from Gertrude Stein to Alfred North Whitehead, Charlotte Perkins Gilman to Sarah Grand, Henry James to George Eliot, Elizabeth Stoddard to Charlotte Bronte, Mark Twain to Walter Scott through to Djuna Barnes and Evelyn Waugh. Subjects discussed include Scottish-American literary relations, the Atlanticist dimension of Spiritualism, American interventions in the debate about Highland clearances, American slavery and British pastoralism Did Mark Twain Bring Down The Temple On Scott's Shoulders? / Susan Manning -- Stowe's Sunny Memories Of Highland Slavery / Judie Newman -- Gothic Legacies / Anne-marie Ford -- Our Nig / R.j. Ellis -- Crossing Over / Bridget Bennett -- Poet Of Comrades / Carolyn Masel -- Nation Making And Fiction Making / Alison Easton -- Beyond The Americana / Lindsey Traub -- If I Were A Man / Janet Beer And Ann Heilmann -- Embattled Tendencies / Katherine Joslin -- Unreal Cities And Undead Legacies / Avril Horner And Sue Zlosnik -- Encounters With Genius / Kate Fullbrook. Edited By Janet Beer And Bridget Bennett. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.

In a series of essays contributors have produced diverse and innovative interventions in the field of Anglo-American literary relations. The authors discussed include Gertrude Stein, Alfred North Whitehead, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Sarah Grand, Henry James, George Eliot, and others. Subjects discussed include Scottish-American literary relations, the Atlanticist dimension of Spiritualism, American interventions in the debate about Highland clearances, American slavery, and British pastoralism.

Opening up readings of writers in the growing field of transatlanticism, this text discusses diverse and innovative interventions in the field of Anglo-American literary relations, revealing previously unresearched connections between writers on both sides of the Atlantic