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Cities of Affluence and Anger: A Literary Geography of Modern Englishness
Peter J. Kalliney
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Paperback. Providing a literary history of the twentieth century in England, this work studies the problematic terms of national identity during England's transition from an imperial power to its integration in the global cultural marketplace. It suggests that it is largely one city - London - through which national identity has been reframed. Num Pages: 288 pages, 9 b & w illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 431.
Providing a compact literary history of the twentieth century in England, ""Cities of Affluence and Anger"" studies the problematic terms of national identity during England's transition from an imperial power to its integration in the global cultural marketplace. While the countryside had been the dominant symbol of Englishness throughout the previous century, modern literature began to turn more and more to the city to redraw the boundaries of a contemporary cultural polity. The urban class system, paradoxically, still functioned as a marker of wealth, status, and hierarchy throughout this long period of self-examination, but it also became a way to ... Read more
Providing a compact literary history of the twentieth century in England, ""Cities of Affluence and Anger"" studies the problematic terms of national identity during England's transition from an imperial power to its integration in the global cultural marketplace. While the countryside had been the dominant symbol of Englishness throughout the previous century, modern literature began to turn more and more to the city to redraw the boundaries of a contemporary cultural polity. The urban class system, paradoxically, still functioned as a marker of wealth, status, and hierarchy throughout this long period of self-examination, but it also became a way to ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Charlottesville, United States
ISBN
9780813925745
SKU
V9780813925745
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About Peter J. Kalliney
Peter J. Kalliney is Assistant Professor of English at the University of Kentucky. His work has appeared in Modern Fiction Studies and PMLA.
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