Explores the influence of emigration as reflected in the British passage to America and the establishment of a new country and society, from which sprang a separate and unique "American character" and literature which returns repeatedly to narratives of the emigration experience.
Language
English
Pages
416
Format
Hardcover
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Release
April 28, 1992
ISBN
0521411750
ISBN 13
9780521411752
Sea Changes: British Emigration and American Literature
Explores the influence of emigration as reflected in the British passage to America and the establishment of a new country and society, from which sprang a separate and unique "American character" and literature which returns repeatedly to narratives of the emigration experience.