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Romantic Diasporas examines exile in the Romantic period from the different perspectives of French émigrés in England, British convicts transported to Australia, and Jews in their perennial diaspora.
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'Romantic Diasporas' examines exile in the Romantic period fromthe different perspectives of French emigres in England, British convicts transported to Australia, and Jews in their perennial diaspora.
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A comprehensive book with a broad study of Romanticism across France, England, Australia, and U.S
Main Description
Romantic Diasporas examinesexile in the Romantic period from the different perspectives of French emigres in England, British convicts transported to Australia, and Jews in their perennial diaspora.
Main Description
The Romantic era was an age of diaspora. France's wars with Britain from 1793 to 1814 created a body of French refugees drawn from all social classes, religions, and political affiliations, many of whom fled to Britain. At the same time, British authorities launched the first convict ships bound for the remote penal colony at Botany Bay. Britain's Jews-the paradigmatic community in diaspora-faced hardening prejudice during these times, even as many Jews sought acceptance within mainstream British society. Romantic Diasporas explores Georgian representations of French emigrants, transported convicts, and Jews, and compellingly analyzes the ways in which these representations helped to shore up, yet also troubled, the gender roles, legal structures, and imperial aspirations at the center of British national identity. Book jacket.
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