British Writing From Empire to Brexit - Writing, Identity, and Nation

This introduction to British literature from 1900-2021 looks at British writing from the perspective of the 2016 Brexit vote and its repercussions. The book covers a wide variety of literature in order to expose the cultural and political history of Britain, its repeated challenges and highly class-bound, patriarchal structure.

List of contents

Introduction: Breaking Britain
Chapter 1. Nation, Empire and Identity in Late Colonial British Writing, 1900-1945
Chapter 2. Postwar Unsettlement, 1948-1980
Chapter 3. 'We have been made again', 1980-2016
Conclusion
Index

About the author

Robert Spencer is Senior Lecturer in the Department of English and American Studies at the University of Manchester, UK. He is the author of numerous books and articles on cultural theory and on postcolonial and modern literature.
Howard J. Booth is Senior Lecturer in English Literature at the University of Manchester, UK. Among other research areas, he has written widely on the relationship of modern writing to empire. He is the General Editor of The Cambridge Edition of the Fiction of E. M. Forster.
Anastasia Valassopoulos is Senior Lecturer in World Literatures at the University of Manchester, UK. She has published widely on postcolonial literatures and cultures.

Summary

This introduction to British literature from 1900–2021 looks at British writing from the perspective of the 2016 Brexit vote and its repercussions. The book covers a wide variety of literature in order to expose the cultural and political history of Britain, its repeated challenges and highly class-bound, patriarchal structure.

Product details

• Authors: Howard J. Booth, Booth Howard J., Robert Spencer, Robert Booth Spencer, Spencer Robert, Anastasia Valassopoulos, Valassopoulos Anastasia
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.02.2025
• EAN: 9781032137889
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3213788-9
• No. of pages: 200
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; LITERARY CRITICISM / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Subjects & Themes / Politics, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Literary studies: post-colonial literature, Literary studies: postcolonial literature, Literary studies: from c 2000, british literature;writing;brexit;national identity;politics