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ToolsKohlmann, Benjamin and Taunton, Matthew, eds. (2025) 'The People' and British Literature:Belonging, Exclusion, and Democracy. Cambridge Themes in British Literature and Culture . Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781009299688
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Why do invocations of 'the people' carry such force in current political discourse and public debate? This book offers an ambitiously transhistorical account of the ways that 'the people' has figured in British literature and culture. Ranging from the later mediaeval period to the present, the twenty-three chapters draw on substantial new research to show that the figure of the people has been put to reactionary and progressive ends and that its meanings are less obvious and fixed than contemporary commentators would have us believe. Providing a much-needed critical prehistory for our own current moment, the contributors also build on ideas and methods from other disciplines, such as political theory, sociology, and media history. As such, this important new volume will be of interest to a wide range of readers across periods and disciplines. - Offers a much-needed critical pre-history of contemporary invocations of 'the people' in political discourse and public debate. - Builds on ideas and methods from other disciplines, such as political theory, sociology, and media history. - Ranges across history to provide an ambitiously expansive and timely account of figurations of 'the people' in British literature and culture.
| Item Type: | Book |
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| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Arts and Humanities > School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing |
| UEA Research Groups: | Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Research Groups > Modern and Contemporary Writing Research Group |
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| Depositing User: | LivePure Connector |
| Date Deposited: | 12 Dec 2025 15:30 |
| Last Modified: | 14 Dec 2025 07:30 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/101379 |
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