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Myth, Memory and the Middlebrow: Priestley, du Maurier and the Symbolic Form of Englishness
Ina Habermann
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Description for Myth, Memory and the Middlebrow: Priestley, du Maurier and the Symbolic Form of Englishness
Hardcover. This study explores Englishness as a 'symbolic form' from the 1920s to the 1940s. Two case studies, focused on J.B. Priestley and Daphne du Maurier, explore crucial ways in which popular 'middlebrow' authors imagine and shape the nation, providing an innovative approach to literary negotiations of cultural identity. Num Pages: 251 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 225 x 147 x 19. Weight in Grams: 444.
This study explores Englishness as a 'symbolic form' from the 1920s to the 1940s. Two case studies, focused on J.B. Priestley and Daphne du Maurier, explore crucial ways in which popular 'middlebrow' authors imagine and shape the nation, providing an innovative approach to literary negotiations of cultural identity.
This study explores Englishness as a 'symbolic form' from the 1920s to the 1940s. Two case studies, focused on J.B. Priestley and Daphne du Maurier, explore crucial ways in which popular 'middlebrow' authors imagine and shape the nation, providing an innovative approach to literary negotiations of cultural identity.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
242
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780230241367
SKU
V9780230241367
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About Ina Habermann
INA HABERMANN is Professor of English at the University of Basel and Director of the Centre of Competence Cultural Topographies founded in 2009. She teaches English literature and culture since the Renaissance and is the author of a study on early modern drama and the law entitled Staging Slander and Gender in Early Modern England (2003).
Reviews for Myth, Memory and the Middlebrow: Priestley, du Maurier and the Symbolic Form of Englishness
'Habermann's readings, depth and detail...are astute and admirably contextualized.' - Anglistik: International Journal of English Studies