Offering an incisive new study of literature and nationalism,
Cooper examines fundamental developments in Russian and Czech
literature and criticism from 1800 to 1830, a period that has
largely been neglected in the English-language scholarship. While
other books have focused on the question of why developing nations
look to literature as a source of national identity, Cooper asks
why ideas of nationality were necessary for critics and writers
seeking to evolve new genres and forms and modernize literary
values. Cooper's ambitious work produces a clear picture of the
paradigm shift in literary values that drove the development of
national identity and demonstrates how critical this period is to
understanding the major trends and concerns of Russian and Czech
literatures over the nineteenth century. With its broad scope, this
groundbreaking comparison of two national literatures will interest
a wide range of scholars and students of cultural and intellectual
history and those who study the interaction between nationalism and
literature. Creating the Nation will appeal to historians and
historically minded political scientists and sociologists, along
with specialists in Russian and Czech literatures.
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