Post-War British Literature and the "End of Empire"
This book examines literary texts by British colonial servant and settler writers, including Anthony Burgess, Graham Greene, William Golding, and Alan Sillitoe, who depicted the impact of decolonization in the newly independent colonies and at home in Bri
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Post-War British Literature and the “End of Empire”
Post-War British Literature and the “End of Empire”
Matthew Whittle
Post-War British Literature and the “End of Empire”
Matthew Whittle University of Leeds Leeds, UK
ISBN 978-1-137-54013-3 ISBN 978-1-137-54014-0 DOI 10.1057/978-1-137-54014-0
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This book has benefitted greatly from discussions with a range of friends and colleagues within the international academic community. First and foremost, I would like to say a huge thank you to Howard J. Booth, who helped nurture both the ideas that would form the core of this study and my own enthusiasm for scholarship. His dedication has left an indelible impact upon my enjoyment of reading, writing, and teaching (and I will always keep to the forefront of my mind his description of my work as, at times, reading like ‘a fat man loosening his belt’). The advice, encouragement, and continuing support of John McLeod also proved to be invaluable, as has the helpful and thought-provoking feedback of Robert Spencer, Anastasia Valassopoulos, David Alderson, Kaye Mitchell, and Mike Sanders. A massive thank you goes to my small team of incredibly diligent proofreaders, Jade Munslow Ong, Kathy Frances, Matthew Boswell, John Roache and Ben Harker, whose input enabled me to finesse my writing style (Jade, in particular, deserves praise
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