The Obsolete Empire: Untimely Belonging in Twentieth-Century British Literature

by Philip Tai Tsang

Book Overview

Modernist literature at the end of the British empire challenges conventional notions of homeland, heritage, and community.

Finalist of the MSA First Book Prize by The Modernist Studies Association

The waning British empire left behind an abundance of material relics and an inventory of feelings not easily relinquished. In The Obsolete Empire, Philip Tsang brings together an unusual constellation of writers--Henry James,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1421441365
• ISBN13: 9781421441368
• Release Date: November 2021
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 8.9"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher