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Myth, Memory and the Middlebrow

Priestley, du Maurier and the Symbolic Form of Englishness

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  • © 2010

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  1. Ina Habermann
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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  3. J. B. Priestley: Shaping Communities

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 43-43
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    2. Steak-and-Kidney Pie in the Land of Cockaigne

      • Ina Habermann
      Pages 45-60

    3. English Journeys

      • Ina Habermann
      Pages 61-104

    4. Addressing the People

      • Ina Habermann
      Pages 105-146

  4. Daphne du Maurier: (De-)Familiarizing the Nation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 147-147
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    2. Dreamtime in Cornwall

      • Ina Habermann
      Pages 149-169

    3. From Gothic to Memodrama

      • Ina Habermann
      Pages 170-191

    4. The Skeleton in the Cupboard

      • Ina Habermann
      Pages 192-210

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 211-242
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About this book

This study explores Englishness as a 'symbolic form' from the 1920s to the 1940s. Two case studies, focused on J.B. Priestley and Daphne du Maurier, explore crucial ways in which popular 'middlebrow' authors imagine and shape the nation, providing an innovative approach to literary negotiations of cultural identity.

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'Habermann's readings, depth and detail...are astute and admirably contextualized.' - Anglistik: International Journal of English Studies

About the author

INA HABERMANN is Professor of English at the University of Basel and Director of the Centre of Competence Cultural Topographies founded in 2009. She teaches English literature and culture since the Renaissance and is the author of a study on early modern drama and the law entitled Staging Slander and Gender in Early Modern England (2003).

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