The French Language and British Literature, 1756-1830 |
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| Author:
| Tomalin, Marcus |
| Series title: | British Literature in Context in the Long Eighteenth Century Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-317-03129-1 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2016 |
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis Group
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| Imprint: | Routledge |
| Book Format: | Digital (delivered electronically) |
| List Price: | USD $48.95 |
Book Description:
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Marcus Tomalin probes the relationships between language and literature during the Romantic period by exploring how Tobias Smollett, Maria Edgeworth, William Wordsworth, John Keats, William Cobbett, William Hazlitt, and others, used and abused the French language. Informed by recent research into linguistic historiography, comparative literature, social and cultural history, education theory, and translation studies, this study illuminates ambivalences that characterised British...
More DescriptionMarcus Tomalin probes the relationships between language and literature during the Romantic period by exploring how Tobias Smollett, Maria Edgeworth, William Wordsworth, John Keats, William Cobbett, William Hazlitt, and others, used and abused the French language. Informed by recent research into linguistic historiography, comparative literature, social and cultural history, education theory, and translation studies, this study illuminates ambivalences that characterised British literary responses to prominent socio-political and linguistic concerns.