Cities of Affluence and Anger: A Literary Geography of Modern Englishness by Pet

Description: Cities of Affluence and Anger by Peter J. Kalliney Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Description Providing a literary history of the twentieth century in England, this work studies the problematic terms of national identity during Englands transition from an imperial power to its integration in the global cultural marketplace. It suggests that it is largely one city - London - through which national identity has been reframed. Publisher Description Providing a compact literary history of the twentieth century in England, ""Cities of Affluence and Anger"" studies the problematic terms of national identity during Englands transition from an imperial power to its integration in the global cultural marketplace. While the countryside had been the dominant symbol of Englishness throughout the previous century, modern literature began to turn more and more to the city to redraw the boundaries of a contemporary cultural polity. The urban class system, paradoxically, still functioned as a marker of wealth, status, and hierarchy throughout this long period of self-examination, but it also became a way to project a common culture and mitigate other forms of difference. Local class politics were transformed in such a way that enabled the English to reframe a highly provisional national unity in the context of imperial disintegration, postcolonial immigration, and, later, globalization. Kalliney plots the decline of the country-house novel through an analysis of Forsters ""Howards End"" and Waughs ""Brideshead Revisited"", each ruthless in its sabotage of the trope of bucolic harmony. The traditionally pastoral focus of English fiction gives way to a high-modernist urban narrative, exemplified by Woolfs ""Mrs. Dalloway"", and, later, to realists such as Osborne and Sillitoe, through whose work Kalliney explores postwar urban expansion and the cultural politics of the welfare state. Offering fresh new readings of Lessings ""The Golden Notebook"" and Rushdies ""The Satanic Verses"", the author considers the postwar appropriation of domesticity, the emergence of postcolonial literature, and the renovation of travel narratives in the context of globalization. Kalliney suggests that it is largely one city - London - through which national identity has been reframed. How and why this transition came about is a process that ""Cities of Affluence and Anger"" depicts with exceptional insight and originality. Author Biography Peter J. Kalliney is Assistant Professor of English at the University of Kentucky. His work has appeared in Modern Fiction Studies and PMLA. Details ISBN 0813925746 ISBN-13 9780813925745 Title Cities of Affluence and Anger Author Peter J. Kalliney Format Paperback Year 2006 Pages 288 Edition annotated edition Publisher University of Virginia Press GE_Item_ID:9320901; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys

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