Literary Englands

Versions of 'Englishness' in Modern Writing

Bibliographic Data

ID19947189
AuthorsDavid Gervais (0000-0002-4996-3217, University of Reading, corresponding author)
Year1993
Publication date1993-10-21
Open AccessYes
TypeBOOK
VenueLiterary Englands (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherCambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1017/cbo9780511519208
OpenAlexW4250477262
Open LibraryOL1741205M
ISBN9780511519208
LanguageEN
Citations received8

In our time 'Englishness' has become a theme for speculation rather than dogma: twentieth-century writers have found it an elusive and ambiguous concept, a cue for nostalgia or for a sense of exile and loss. Literary Englands meditates on the contemporary meanings of 'Englishness' and explores some of the ways in which a sense of nationality has informed and shaped the work of a range of writers including Edward Thomas, Forster and Lawrence, Leavis and George Sturt, Orwell and Evelyn Waugh, Betjeman, Larkin and Geoffrey Hill. Through close engagement with the language and thought of these writers David Gervais shows the extent to which they have been influenced by the consciousness of working within a long-established, complex and sophisticated literary tradition. In the process he elucidates a nostalgia which lies at the heart of our culture

Art · Art history · Consciousness · Epistemology · George (robot) · Immigration · Literature · Nationality · Theme (computing) · History · Irish and British Studies · Philosophy · Scottish History and National Identity · Travel Writing and Literature · 20th century · England · English literature · History and criticism · in literature · National characteristics in literature

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