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

by Janet Beer (Editor), Bridget Bennett

In 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.

272 pages, Paperback

First published November 21, 2002