Cities of affluence and anger : a literary geography of modern Englishness / Peter J. Kalliney.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kalliney, Peter J., 1971-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English fiction--20th century--History and criticism.

English fiction.

National characteristics, English, in literature.

Cities and towns in literature.

Social classes in literature.

Communities in literature.

Commonwealth fiction (English)--History and criticism.

Commonwealth fiction (English).

Physical Description:

viii, 266 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2007.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

English, all too English : national exceptionalism and the urban class system

Broken fences : Forster, Waugh, and the garden cities

Strangers in the park : Woolf, Selvon, and the traffic in modernism

Cities of affluence : domesticity, class, and the angry young men

The elusive Englishman : Doris Lessing goes to London town

Mad goat in the attic : The satanic verses and global Englishness.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [239]-254) and index.

ISBN:

0813925738

0813925746

OCLC:

68416618

Publisher Number:

9780813925738

9780813925745