Fashioning England and the English Literature, Nation, Gender
This book explores how literary texts envision England and respond to discourses and conceptions of Englishness and the English nation, especially in relation to gender and language. The essays discuss texts from the fifteenth to the twentieth century and
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Rahel Orgis & Matthias Heim
Literature, Nation, Gender
Fashioning England and the English
Rahel Orgis · Matthias Heim Editors
Fashioning England and the English Literature, Nation, Gender
Editors Rahel Orgis Thun, Switzerland
Matthias Heim University of Neuchâtel Neuchâtel, Switzerland
ISBN 978-3-319-92125-9 ISBN 978-3-319-92126-6 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-92126-6 Library of Congress Control Number: 2018942207 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors, and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover credit: Photo by Matthias Heim, materials used with the kind permission of the Reformierte Kirchgemeinde Bethlehem, Switzerland Printed on acid-free paper This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by the registered company Springer Nature Switzerland AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
To Margaret Tudeau-Clayton
Preface: “Alas, Alas for England” Andrew Hadfield
The men that worked for England They have their graves at home: And bees and birds of England About the cross can roam. But they that fought for England, Following a falling star, Alas, alas for England They have their graves afar. And they that rule in England, In stately conclave met, Alas, alas for England, They have no graves as yet. (Chesterton 2014)
G. K. Chesterton’s embittered attack on what he saw as the betrayal of the ordinary Englishman in the First World War is a reminder of the complex nature of national identity. The website of the American Chesterton Society describes the poem, with some justification, as “one of the greatest anti-war and anti-government poems of the time” (Chesterton 2014). Chesterton gave his poem the title, “Elegy in a A. Hadfield (*) University of Sussex, Sussex, UK vii
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Preface: “Alas, Alas for England”
Country Churchyard,” an ironic refere
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