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Cities of affluence and anger : a literary geography of modern Englishness /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kalliney, Peter J., 1971-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2007.
Subjects:
English fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
National characteristics, English, in literature.
Cities and towns in literature.
Social classes in literature.
Communities in literature.
Commonwealth fiction (English) > History and criticism.
Online Access:Table of contents only
Table of 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.