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050 00 $aPR478.N37$bP75 2012
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100 1 $aPrince, Tracy J.
245 10 $aCulture wars in British literature :$bmulticulturalism and national identity /$cTracy J. Prince ; foreword by Thomas C. Caramagno.
260 $aJefferson, N.C. :$bMcFarland & Co.,$cc2012.
300 $avii, 224 p. :$bill. ;$c23 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aForeword by Thomas C. Caramagno -- Preface -- Introduction: mind the gap -- The imploded empire: literary reactions to Britain's changed empire -- The difficulty defining British literature -- The difficulty defining "Black British" -- Two nations: class issues in contemporary British literature -- British Jewish writers -- Xenophobia and the Booker Prize -- Britain's "new" multicultural identity -- Appendix Ii: Man Booker Prize winners -- Appendix II: international Man Booker Prize winners -- Appendix III: Orange Broadband Prize winners.
520 $a"The past century's culture wars that Britain has been consumed by have resulted in revised notions of Britishness and British literature. Yet literary anthologies remain anchored to an archaic Anglo-English interpretation of British literature. This generalist cultural study is a fascinating glimpse into Britain's changing identity as reflected in 20th and 21st century British literature"--Provided by publisher.
650 0 $aNational characteristics, British, in literature.
650 0 $aEnglish literature$y20th century$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aEnglish literature$y21st century$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aMulticulturalism in literature.
650 0 $aNationalism in literature.
650 0 $aMulticulturalism$zGreat Britain.
650 0 $aLiterature and society$zGreat Britain$xHistory.
852 00 $bglx$hPR478.N37$iP75 2012