Visions Of Britain 1730 1830

Download or read book Visions of Britain, 1730-1830 written by Sebastian Mitchell and published by Springer. This book was released on 2013-05-14 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a revisionist study of the literary and visual representation of the nation in the century following the formation of the British state. It argues that the most engaging accounts of Great Britain subject their imagery to sustained artistic pressure, threatening to dismantle the national vision at the moment of its construction.