This study explores Englishness as a 'symbolic form' from the 1920s to the 1940s. Two case studies, focused on J.B. Priestley and Daphne du Maurier, explore crucial ways in which popular 'middlebrow' authors imagine and shape the nation, providing an innovative approach to literary negotiations of cultural identity.
| ISBN: | 9780230241367 |
| Publication date: | 1st August 2010 |
| Author: | Ina Habermann |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan an imprint of Palgrave Macmillan UK |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 242 pages |
| Genres: |
Literary theory Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000 Cultural studies Media studies Social theory |