Special Relationships: Anglo-American Affinities and Antagonisms 1854-1936

Product DescriptionIn a series of essays contributors have produced diverse and innovative interventions in the field of Anglo-American literary relations. The authors discussed include Gertrude Stein, Alfred North Whitehead, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Sarah Grand, Henry James, George Eliot, and others. Subjects discussed include Scottish-American literary relations, the Atlanticist dimension of Spiritualism, American interventions in the debate about Highland clearances, American slavery, and British pastoralism.About the AuthorJanet Beer is Professor of English, Manchester Metropolitan University.Bridget Bennett is Senior Lecturer in the School of English, University of Leeds.