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Author:   Andrew Murphy (Trinity College Dublin)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
ISBN:  

9781009378857

ISBN 10:   1009378856
Pages:   393
Publication Date:   10 August 2023
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Part I. Origins: 1. What is Britain? Andrew Murphy; 2. Wales in Britain Helen Fulton; 3. Scotland in Britain Gerard Carruthers; 4. Ireland in Britain Jim Smyth; 5. England in Britain Krishan Kumar; Part II. Writing the Nation: 6. Cultural borrowings Edward Wilson-Lee; 7. Tradition and transformation in literature Neil Rhodes; 8. Milton and the remaking of the Nation in seventeenth-century England David Loewenstein; Part III. Revolutions and Empires: 9. The American revolution Jerome Tharaud; 10. The French revolution David Duff; 11. 'And what should they know of England who only England know?' Ania Loomba; 12. Rather unpleasant stories: popular fictions of Empire Matthew P. M. Kerr; 13. Sun-drowned streets and wasted lives: imperial decline and the colonial Novel Praseeda Gopinath; Part IV. Making the Modern Nation: 14. 'It's being so cheerful that keeps me going': the nation in the second world war Gill Plain; 15. The new British J. Dillon Brown; 16. Censorship Celia Marshik; 17. 'Wake up the Nation': modern pop and the quest for a New England Ben Winsworth; 18. Queer Nation Brian Lewis; Part V. Futures: 19. The future of the Union: a political science perspective Etain Tannam; 20. What is British Literature now? Kristian Shaw; 21. Borderline Britain Andrew Murphy.

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Andrew Murphy has published extensively in the fields of Shakespeare Studies and Irish Studies, with a particular focus on issues of national and cultural identity. He has been awarded fellowships in support of his work by the British Academy and the Leverhulme Trust.

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