Webster, Peter (2017) Book review: the new Elizabethan age. Culture, society and national identity after World War II edited by Irene Morra and Rob Gossedge. LSE Review of Books (17 Feb 2017). Website.
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In The New Elizabethan Age: Culture, Society and National Identity after World War II, editors Irene Morra and Rob Gossedge bring together contributors to explore the emergence of a cultural ‘new Elizabethanism’ following the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II at the start of the 1950s, which drew upon the historical example of the Elizabethans to express and channel a sense of dynamic modernity without relinquishing reverence for the past. While finding the central thesis of a ‘new Elizabethanism’ somewhat overdetermined across the essays, this is a stimulating and valuable collection that positions 1950s Britain as a nation in vigorous dialogue with itself over both its history and its future, writes Peter Webster.
| Item Type: | Online resource (Website) |
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| Official URL: | http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofbooks/ |
| Additional Information: | © 2017 The Author(s) CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 |
| Divisions: | LSE |
| Subjects: | D History General and Old World > D History (General) > D839 Post-war History, 1945 on D History General and Old World > DA Great Britain H Social Sciences > HM Sociology J Political Science > JC Political theory J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe) > JN101 Great Britain |
| Date Deposited: | 05 May 2017 12:49 |
| Last Modified: | 15 Sep 2023 20:56 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/75652 |
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