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  • Post-War British Literature and the "end of empire"[electronic resource] /
  • 紀錄類型: 書目-語言資料,印刷品 : Monograph/item
    杜威分類號: 820.90091
    書名/作者: Post-War British Literature and the "end of empire"/ by Matthew Whittle.
    作者: Whittle, Matthew.
    出版者: London : : Palgrave Macmillan UK :, 2016.
    面頁冊數: ix, 225 p. : : ill., digital ;; 24 cm.
    Contained By: Springer eBooks
    標題: British literature - History and criticism - 20th century.
    標題: Literature.
    標題: British and Irish Literature.
    標題: Twentieth-Century Literature.
    標題: Postcolonial/World Literature.
    標題: Fiction.
    標題: Literary History.
    ISBN: 9781137540140
    ISBN: 9781137540133
    內容註: 1 Introduction -- Part I: The British Abroad -- 2 Decolonisation and the Second World War -- 3 America Moves In: Neo-colonialism and America's 'Entertainment Empire' -- Part II: Returning Home -- 4 Englishness in Transition: Moving from the Imperial to the National -- 5 Post-War Immigration and Multicultural Britain -- 6 Coda: Satire and Celebration: Representing Empire in Post-War British Culture -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
    摘要、提要註: This book examines literary texts by British colonial servant and settler writers, including Anthony Burgess, Graham Greene, William Golding, and Alan Sillitoe, who depicted the impact of decolonization in the newly independent colonies and at home in Britain. The end of the British Empire was one of the most significant and transformative events in twentieth-century history, marking the beginning of a new world order and having an indelible impact on British culture and society. Literary responses to this moment by those from within Britain offer an enlightening (and often overlooked) exploration of the influence of decolonization on received notions of "race" and class, while also prefiguring conceptions of multiculturalism. As Matthew Whittle argues in this sweeping study, these works not only view decolonization within its global context (alongside the aftermath of the Second World War, the rise of America, and mass immigration) but often propose a solution to imperial decline through cultural renewal.
    電子資源: http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-54014-0
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