Britannia's Issue: The Rise of British Literature from Dryden to Ossian.

Aus der Bibliothek von Prof. Wolfgang Haase, langj�igem Herausgeber der ANRW und des International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT) / From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). -- Slightly scuffed dustjacket, little bit of dirt on its cuts, otherwise in good condition. -- Howard I). Weinbrot�s Britannia�s Issue draws on a large range of material to chronicle Britain�s growing confidence in native achievement from the 1660s to the 1760s. Using varied classical, English, French, historical, literary, philosophical and Scottish sources, he illustrates the movement away from classical and towards British values and models. In so doing, he illuminates major works by Dryden. Pope. Gray, Collins, Handel, Smart, and �Ossian� Macpherson. -- This learned and lucidly written book helps to characterize the rise of a native canon ami the complex and varied cultures in eighteenth-century Britain. ISBN 9780521325196