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British Literature of the Blitz Fighting the People's War

British Literature of the Blitz Fighting the People's War

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British Literature of the Blitz interrogates the patriotic, utopian ideal of the People's War by analyzing conflicted representations of class and gender in literature and film. Its subtitle – Fighting the People's War – describes how British citizens both united to fight Nazi Germany and questioned the nationalist ideology binding them together.

Keywords

HistorySocial HistoryEuropeGreat BritainLiterary CriticismEuropeanModern20th CenturyFictionPerforming ArtsFilmTelevision

2008Book

Author(s)Kristine Miller

PublisherPalgrave Macmillan UK

ISBN9780230573659

LanguageEnglish

SpringerLink Book

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