Brexit and Beyond: Nation and Identity

This volume explores the cultural significance of Brexit, situating it in debates about nation and identity. Contributors to this collection seek to contextualize Britain's decision to leave the EU and to assess its reverberations in language, literature, and culture. Addressing such aspects as British exceptionalism, myth-making, medievalism, and nostalgia, contributions range from travelogues, Ladybird books, and rural cinema-going to ageing. An important focus lies on marginalized groups and geographical fringes, as contributors attend to the Irish situation and the scarcity of EU migrants in Brexit literature (BrexLit). Finally, two essays widen the perspective to assess American parallels to the discourses about a Brexit that is still far from "done."

About the author

Dr. Daniela Keller is Postdoctoral Teaching and Research Fellow at Basel University.

Prof. Dr. Ina Habermann is Professor of English Literature since the Renaissance at Basel University.

Product details

• Assisted by: Habermann (Editor), Habermann (Editor), Ina Habermann (Editor), Daniel Keller (Editor), Daniela Keller (Editor)
• Publisher: Narr
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.03.2021
• EAN: 9783823384144
• ISBN: 978-3-8233-8414-4
• No. of pages: 309
• Dimensions: 172 mm x 22 mm x 222 mm
• Weight: 480 g
• Series: Swiss Papers in English Language and Literature (SPELL); Swiss Papers in English Language and Literature - SPELL
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies