Acts of union

Description:

Acts of Union explores the political relationship between Scotland and England as it was negotiated in the literary realm in the century after the 1707 Act of Union. It examines Britain, one of the precursors to the modern nation, not as a homogeneous, stable unit, but as a dynamic process, a dialogue between heterogeneous elements. Far from being constituted by a single Act of Union, the author contends, Britain was forged - in all the variant senses of that word - from multiple acts of union and dislocation over time.

subjects: Comparative Literature,  English and Scottish,  English literature,  Historiography,  History,  History and criticism,  In literature,  Literature, Comparative,  National characteristics, British, in literature,  Nationalism and literature,  Scottish Authors,  Scottish and English,  Scottish literature,  English literature, history and criticism, 18th century,  National characteristics in literature,  English literature, history and criticism, 19th century,  Scotland, history,  Scotland, in literature

Places: Great Britain,  Scotland

Times: 18th century,  19th century,  The Union, 1707