1st Edition

Routledge Revivals: Patriotism: The Making and Unmaking of British National Identity (1989) Volume III: National Fictions

Edited By Raphael Samuel Copyright 1989
336 Pages
by Routledge

336 Pages
by Routledge

336 Pages
by Routledge

First published in 1989, this is the third of three volumes exploring the changing notions of patriotism in British life from the thirteenth century to the late twentieth century and constitutes an attempt to come to terms with the power of the national idea through a historically informed critique. This volume studies some of the leading figures of national myth, such as Britannia and John... Read more

List of illustrations; Notes on contributors; Introduction: The figures of national myth Raphael Samuel; National Gallery; 1 John Bull Jeannine Surel 2 Britannia Madge Dresser 3 Old soldiers Joany Hichberger 4 Pearly kings and queens Raphael Samuel and Gareth Stedman Jones 5 Britain’s royal romance Tom Nairn; Music; 6 Greensleeves and the idea of national music Alun Howkins 7 Calypso and reggae Imruh Bakar; Landscape; 8 Village school or blackboard jungle? Ken Worple 9 The liberty of the park Jill Franklin 10 ‘Constable country’ between the wars Alex Potts; Literature; 11 Conrad and England Benita Parry 12 Time, space and unity: the symbolic discourse of The Faerie Queene Peter Stallybrass 13 Kipling and masculinity Preben Kaarsholm 14 Orwell revisited Beatrix Campbell 15 George Smiley and post-imperial nostalgia; Theatre; 16 Inverted emblems for albion: Wellington and Napoleon on stage Louis James 17 Penny plain, tuppence coloured Nicola Johnson 18 Doing the Lambeth Walk Alison Light and Raphael Samuel; Cinema; 19 Docklands Dickens Raphael Samuel; Name index; Subject index

Biography

Raphael Samuel