The Image of the English Gentleman in Twentieth-Century Literature
Englishness and Nostalgia
Studies of the English gentleman have tended to focus mainly on the nineteenth century, encouraging the implicit assumption that this influential literary trope has less resonance for twentieth-century literature and culture. Christine Berberich challenges this notion by showing that the English gentleman has proven to be a remarkably adaptable and relevant ideal that continues to influence not only literature but other forms of representation, including the media and advertising industries. Focusing on Siegfried Sassoon, Anthony Powell, Evelyn Waugh and Kazuo Ishiguro, whose presentations of the gentlemanly ideal are analysed in their speci…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-317-02784-3
- EAN: 9781317027843
- Produktnummer: 20172407
- Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
- Seitenangabe: 218 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 7'018 KB
Über den Autor
Christine Berberich is Senior Lecturer in English Literature at the University of Portsmouth, UK.
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