Post-War British Literature and the "End of Empire"

1. Introduction
Matthew Whittle

Part I. The British Abroad

2. Decolonization and the Second World War
Matthew Whittle

3. America Moves In: Neo-colonialism and America’s ‘Entertainment Empire’
Matthew Whittle

Part II. Returning Home

4. Englishness in Transition: Moving from the Imperial to the National
Matthew Whittle

5. Post-War Immigration and Multicultural Britain
Matthew Whittle

6. Coda: Beyond Satire and Celebration: Representing Empire in Post-War British Culture
Matthew Whittle

Keywords: Literature, British and Irish Literature, Twentieth-Century Literature, Postcolonial/World Literature, Fiction, Literary History