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The New Elizabethan Age: culture, society and national identity after WWII

Morra, Irene ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2303-7127 and Gossedge, Rob ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3563-8341, eds. 2016. The New Elizabethan Age: culture, society and national identity after WWII. London: I.B. Tauris.

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Abstract

'Taking strength from the Coronation of a new young Queen named Elizabeth, the New Elizabethanism of the 1950s heralded a nation that would now see its 'modern', televised monarch preside over an imminently glorious and artistic age. With contributions from leading cultural practitioners and scholars, this book contemplates the influence of New Elizabethanism from the Coronation festivities to the reinterment of Richard III in 2015, from the ascent of Everest on the eve of the Coronation to the investiture of Prince Charles as Prince of Wales, from the institutionalization of the National Theatre to the Olympics of 2012. In so doing, it exposes the significance of an overlooked cultural nationalism that continues to dominate contemporary constructions of modern national identity, history and performance.

Item Type: Book
Book Type: Edited Book
Date Type: Publication
Status: Published
Schools: English, Communication and Philosophy
Subjects: A General Works > AZ History of Scholarship The Humanities
D History General and Old World > DA Great Britain
M Music and Books on Music > M Music
N Fine Arts > NX Arts in general
P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) > PN0080 Criticism
P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) > PN0441 Literary History
P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) > PN1990 Broadcasting
P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) > PN1993 Motion Pictures
P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) > PN2000 Dramatic representation. The Theater
P Language and Literature > PR English literature
Publisher: I.B. Tauris
ISBN: 9781784531799
Last Modified: 06 Jan 2024 02:28
URI: https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/77088

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