By Paul Westover,Ann Wierda Rowland

This publication is ready Anglo-American literary historical past. It argues that readers on each side of the Atlantic formed the contours of overseas ‘English’ within the 1800s, expressing love for books and authors in a variety of media and social practices. It highlights how, within the wake of yank independence, the love bestowed on authors who turned foreign items of occasion and commemoration was an incredible strength within the invention of transnational ‘English’ literature, the preferred canon outlined by means of shared language and culture. whereas love as such is tough to quantify and get better, the files of such affection continue to exist not only in print, but additionally in different media: in monuments, in structure, and within the ephemera of fabric tradition. therefore, this collection brings into view quite a lot of nineteenth-century expressions of affection for literature and its creators. 

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