Writing Englishness
Subtitle: an Introductory Sourcebook
Contributors: Middleton, Tim
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 1995
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 298
ISBN-13: 9780203360033
Subjects: Group identity; Nationalism; English literature; English National characteristics; Identity (Psychology)
Description: What did it mean in the first half of this century to say |I am English'? This is a unique collection of extracts from 1900-1950, all of which raise this question. Draws on a range of poems, fiction, letters, diaries and journalism.
Notes: Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; 1 THE IDEAS AND IDEALS OF ENGLISHNESS; 2 VERSIONS OF RURAL ENGLAND; 3 WAR AND NATIONAL IDENTITY; 4 CULTURE AND ENGLISHNESS; 5 DOMESTIC AND URBAN ENGLANDS; Appendix: Suggested activities and further reading; BIBLIOGRAPHY; Index.