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Author Lee, Yoon Sun

Title Nationalism and irony : Burke, Scott, Carlyle / Yoon Sun Lee
Published Auckland ; [Oxford] : Oxford University Press, 2004

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 222 pages)
Contents Public irony, conservatism, and the British nation -- Edmund Burke's pretexts for politic bodies -- Sir Walter Scott on the field of Waterloo -- A nation's fetish: Carlyle and the work of literature
Summary Linking together two of the most significant developments of the Romantic period, this study shows how Romantic nationalism in Britain developed irony's potential as a powerful source of civic cohesion
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797 -- Knowledge -- History
Scott, Walter, 1771-1832 -- Knowledge -- History
Carlyle, Thomas, 1795-1881 -- Knowledge -- History
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797 -- Political and social views
Scott, Walter, 1771-1832 -- Political and social views
Carlyle, Thomas, 1795-1881 -- Political and social views
SUBJECT Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797 fast
Carlyle, Thomas, 1795-1881 fast
Scott, Walter, 1771-1832 fast
Subject English prose literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism
Literature and history -- Great Britain -- History
English prose literature -- 18th century -- History and criticism
Nationalism -- Great Britain
History
English prose literature
Literature and history
Nationalism
Political and social views
Great Britain
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780195162356
0195162358