Myth, Memory and the Middlebrow: Priestley, du Maurier and the Symbolic Form of Englishness
Autor I. Habermannen Limba Engleză Hardback – 19 mai 2010
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780230241367
ISBN-10: 0230241360
Pagini: 242
Ilustrații: IX, 242 p.
Dimensiuni: 140 x 216 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.41 kg
Ediția:2010
Editura: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Colecția Palgrave Macmillan
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 0230241360
Pagini: 242
Ilustrații: IX, 242 p.
Dimensiuni: 140 x 216 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.41 kg
Ediția:2010
Editura: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Colecția Palgrave Macmillan
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
Cuprins
Acknowledgements PART I: INTRODUCTION: ENGLISHNESS AS A SYMBOLIC FORM Identity: Englishness and the Reconfiguration of the Nation Myth: Ideology, Symbolic Forms and the 'mythical present' Memory: Shaping the Present out of the Past Media: Challenging Modernism: the 'middlebrow' and Memodrama PART II: J.B. PRIESTLEY: SHAPING COMMUNITIES Steak-and-Kidney Pie in the Land of Cockaigne English Journeys Addressing the People PART III: DAPHNE DU MAURIER: (DE-)FAMILIARIZING THE NATION English Dreamtime in Cornwall From Gothic to Memodrama The Skeleton in the Cupboard Notes Index
Recenzii
'Habermann's readings, depth and detail...are astute and admirably contextualized.' - Anglistik: International Journal of English Studies
Notă biografică
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).