REAL - Yearbook of Research in English and American Literature, Volume 14 (1998)

Global realignments at the end of the twentieth century have sparked renewed interest in the relationship between literature and the nation. That relationship is especially complicated in the case of literature written in English as a primary language - or at least as one of their primary languages. This volume of REAL offers an oveview of work done in the field followed by reflections on specific periods, authors, works, and the problem of writing a national literary history. Essay look at the situation in the British Isles, the United States, and settler countries, like Australia, New Zealand, and Canada. they make it clear that the study of English Literature today can no longer be confined to the study of the literature of the "mother country".