British Literature of the Blitz: Fighting the People's War

by Kristine Miller

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349364789
• ISBN13: 9781349364787
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"