British literature of the Blitz

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"Analyzing conflicted representations of class and gender in British literature and film of the Blitz, this book interrogates the ideal of the People's War, which claimed to unite men and women of all classes in defense of the home front. The paradox of the People's War is that it counters a totalitarian threat with a potentially totalizing ideal: because it is both patriotic and utopian, the rhetoric resists critique, even though the right to question compulsory nationalism was precisely what Britain was fighting for. Above all else, British Literature of the Blitz values the voicing of individual opinion, even - or especially - when individuals do not agree: a utopia that denies the freedom to critique utopianism is no utopia at all."--Jacket.

subjects: English literature,  War in literature,  History and criticism,  War and literature,  World War, 1939-1945,  Ideology in literature,  Literature and the war,  History,  English literature, history and criticism, 20th century,  World war, 1939-1945, great britain,  World war, 1939-1945, literature and the war,  LITERARY CRITICISM,  European,  English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh,  Bombardementen,  Tweede Wereldoorlog,  Romans,  Engels

Places: Great Britain

Times: 20th century