The Return of England in English Literature [electronic resource] /
Gardiner, M.author.
This lively study provides an account of the 'fall and rise' of the English nation within the British discipline of English Literature between the late eighteenth century and the present day, offering a reconceptualisation of the relationship between English Literature and the formation of English cultural identity.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 The Burkean Legacy and the Imperial Eclipse; 2 The Journey Back; 3 The Battle for the Organic Estate; 4 The Critique of the Establishment; 5 Thatcherism, Neo-Gothic and State-Nationalism; 6 The Devolutionary Push; 7 The Disciplinary Challenge; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This lively study provides an account of the 'fall and rise' of the English nation within the British discipline of English Literature between the late eighteenth century and the present day, offering a reconceptualisation of the relationship between English Literature and the formation of English cultural identity.
Literature, Modern—19th century.
Literature, Modern—20th century.
British literature.
Literature—Philosophy.
Culture—Study and teaching.
Nineteenth-Century Literature.
Twentieth-Century Literature.
British and Irish Literature.
Literary Theory.
Cultural Theory.