Before the empire of English
National characteristics, british
Nationalism and literature
European influences
Nationalism in literature
Imperialism in literature
English literature, history and criticism, 18th century
Relations
English literature
Civilization
History and criticism
History
"Most English literary criticism assumes that its object achieved a metropolitan status well before it actually did: in fact, English-language writers had to negotiate a long, slow, and self-doubting rise out of provincial subordination. Before the Empire of English shows that English-language write…
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