Автор: [автор не указан] Год: 2010 Издание:Книга по Требованию Страниц: 218 ISBN: 9781845457907 "This is an intellectually rigorous collection of essays investigating the nature of 'Englishness' both within and beyond national borders...[It] offers a useful and timely intervention into analyses of the continuing significance of empire in understanding English/British identity and culture... the relationship of history to present circumstances, and the co-option of the ' past ' for political objectives, is a key theme...while several of its essays are grounded in the field of literature and contemporary culture, historians should not be tempted to overlook this important collection." - English Historical Review "The coherence of the volume derives from - and it is, in some respects a remarkably coherent volume - an introduction that anticipates, indeed, proves the theoretical coordinates through which the individual essays form their analyses." - College Literature "This excellent collection of essays addresses with great range and significant insight urgent questions...