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THE CAMBRIAN MUSE: WELSH IDENTITY AND HANOVERIAN LOYALTY IN THE POEMS OF JANE BRERETON (1685-1740).
- Source :
- Eighteenth-Century Studies; Summer2005, Vol. 38 Issue 4, p587-603, 17p
- Publication Year :
- 2005
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Abstract
- Examines the work of the Anglo-Welsh poet Jane Brereton in the context of critical interest in constructions of British national identity in the eighteenth century. Commitment of Brereton to the Hanoverian monarchs and the Anglo-British center; Expression of Welsh identity in her poetry; Claims that Brereton's national identity is informed by ideas of British unity rather than Welsh independence.
- Subjects :
- POETS
NATIONAL character
POETRY (Literary form)
BRITISH literature
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00132586
- Volume :
- 38
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Eighteenth-Century Studies
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 17722619
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1353/ecs.2005.0042