Myth, Memory and the Middlebrow: Priestley, du Maurier and the Symbolic Form of Englishness

Habermann, I.

This study explores Englishness as a 'symbolic form' from the 1920s to the 1940s. Two case studies, focused on J.B. Priestley and Daphne du Maurier, explore crucial ways in which popular 'middlebrow' authors imagine and shape the nation, providing an innovative approach to literary negotiations of cultural identity.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2010-05-19

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9780230241367

DOI: 10.1057/9780230277496

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 242