End of empire and the English novel since 1945 Surgical techniques

End of empire and the English novel since 1945 Surgical techniquesFirst book length critical work devoted to the impact of the end of empire and traces of imperial memory in mainstream English Literature since the Second World War. Authors studied include Josephine Tey, William Golding, Penelope Lively, David Peace and Ian McEwan. Represents the best of current scholarship.

This is the translation of an extraordinary and enigmatic narrative of Carolingian history

Explores strategies for engaging youth

Stock and Two Smoking Barrels revealed a brutal yet sharply humorous portrayal of contemporary English life

This unique collection of essays examines the many relationships that existed between Wales and the expanding British overseas empire between 1650 and 1830

By turns humorous

the Irish Union - all were under attack

From the stories of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle to the recent BBC series that has made a heart-throb out of Benedict Cumberbatch

race and ethnic construction in Ireland

This book provides a unique look at the early years of European discovery and colonization

which will be discussed in a number of historical

The texts blur the distinction between spectator and performer in an exploration of physical

or casual templates of the ‘deserving’