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Synopsis
Post-War British Literature and the End of Empire examines novels by white British writers who emerged during the immediate post-war decades including Anthony Burgess, Graham Greene, William Golding, Alan Sillitoe and Colin MacInnes, among others and contends that they not only depict decolonization within its global context but often propose a solution to Britain's imperial decline through cultural renewal. This book re-conceives twentieth-century British literature from the mid-century period to make central the processes of decolonization and mass immigration.
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1 Introduction
Part I: The British Abroad
2 Decolonisation and the Second World War
3 America Moves In: Neo-colonialism and America's 'Entertainment Empire'
Part II: Returning Home
4 Englishness in Transition: Moving from the Imperial to the National
5 Post-War Immigration and Multicultural Britain
6 Coda: Satire and Celebration: Representing Empire in Post-War British Culture
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