Americanizing Britain - The Rise of Modernism in the Age of the Entertainment Empire

Zusatztext Very rarely! a new volume of cultural or literary criticism appears which is so obvious in its aims that it seems startling that it has not already been written. This superbly crafted book is precisely this and represents a landmark in modernist and transatlantic studies...This is an outstanding contribution to the scholarship of British and American cultures of modernism! to transatlantic studies! and to modernist literary studies; rigorous and immensely enjoyable. Informationen zum Autor Genevieve Abravanel is Assistant Professor of English at Franklin and Marshall College. Klappentext Americanizing Britain anatomizes the various ways British writers responded to the ever-increasing influence of U.S. culture on England and the rest of the world. Zusammenfassung Americanizing Britain anatomizes the various ways British writers responded to the ever-increasing influence of U.S. culture on England and the rest of the world.

Summary

Americanizing Britain anatomizes the various ways British writers responded to the ever-increasing influence of U.S. culture on England and the rest of the world.

Product details

• Authors: Abravanel, Genevieve Abravanel
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 06.03.2012
• EAN: 9780199754458
• ISBN: 978-0-19-975445-8
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: Modernist Literature and Culture; Modernist Literature & Culture; Modernist Literature and Cultu
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology; USA, Cultural Studies, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, Films, cinema, United States of America, USA, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form, Americanizing Britain