Wales, Romanticism, and the Making of Imperial Culture

List of contents

Introduction: reinventing Britishness; 1. Wales and the imperial Gaze, 1726-1800; 2. Ancient Britons and ancient Britains: writing British history, 1723-1803; 3. The Colonial heartland: the double role of Wales in 1780s fiction; 4. The other within: racializing Welshness, 1790-1799; 5. 'A perfect Potosi': Wales and imperial Britishness in the Romantic national novel; Conclusion: Wordsworth and Wales; Notes; Works cited.

About the author

Timothy Heimlich is Assistant Professor of Long Eighteenth-Century Literature in English at Utrecht University. Previously, he taught at the University of California, Berkeley and the University of Cambridge. He has published articles in several venues, including English Literary History, Modern Language Quarterly, Studies in Romanticism, and European Romantic Review.

Product details

• Authors: Timothy Heimlich
• Publisher: Cambridge Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 31.10.2025
• EAN: 9781009618878
• ISBN: 978-1-009-61887-8
• Illustrations: Worked examples or Exercises
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Romanticism
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; Wales, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, Poetry, Nationalism, c 1800 to c 1900, Colonialism & imperialism, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Romanticism, Colonialism and imperialism, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800, Early 19th century c 1800 to c 1850, Classic and pre-20th century poetry, C 1700 To C 1800