Invasions
Fears and Fantasies of Imagined Wars in Britain, 1871-1918
Seiten
2025
Manchester University Press (Verlag)
978-1-5261-6885-6 (ISBN)
Manchester University Press (Verlag)
978-1-5261-6885-6 (ISBN)
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The first book-length, historical study of invasion-scare and future-war fiction in Britain before and during the First World War in half a century, and the definitive cultural and political history of the genre. -- .
Invasions is an ambitious, new and authoritative study of one of the defining cultural products of the Victorian and Edwardian eras. By the outbreak of war in 1914 invasion-scare fiction had profoundly changed British society, becoming not just a vibrant part of popular culture, but a reference point among military planners, advertisers, and politicians. This intersection between politics and culture, between entertainment and war planning, sets invasion-scare stories apart as one of the most versatile and interesting fictional products in modern British history. Building on recent work in both history and literature studies, Invasions is the first study of invasion-scare fiction to examine both the form (that is, fiction) and the function (the political argument) of the genre. -- .
Invasions is an ambitious, new and authoritative study of one of the defining cultural products of the Victorian and Edwardian eras. By the outbreak of war in 1914 invasion-scare fiction had profoundly changed British society, becoming not just a vibrant part of popular culture, but a reference point among military planners, advertisers, and politicians. This intersection between politics and culture, between entertainment and war planning, sets invasion-scare stories apart as one of the most versatile and interesting fictional products in modern British history. Building on recent work in both history and literature studies, Invasions is the first study of invasion-scare fiction to examine both the form (that is, fiction) and the function (the political argument) of the genre. -- .
Christian K. Melby is Associate Professor of History at Western Norway University of Applied Sciences -- .
Introduction
Part I: Beginnings
1 The Battles of Dorking
Part II: Expertise, Public Opinion, and Invasion-Scare Fiction, 1870s to 1914
2 After Dorking: Expertise, Service Authors, and 1870s Future-War Fiction
3 Public Appeals and Fiction, c. 1880-1894
4 Expert Opinion and Public Pressure: From the 1890s to 1914
Part III: Authors and Readers
5 Fiction and Society: The British Public in Invasion-Scare Fiction, 1871-1914
6 Readers and Receptions: The British Public as Audience and Consumers, from the 1870s to the Edwardian High Point
Part IV: Fiction goes to war
7 Invasion-Scare Literature and the First World War
Conclusion
Index -- .
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 15.4.2025 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Interventions: Rethinking the Nineteenth Century |
| Zusatzinfo | 8 black and white illustrations |
| Verlagsort | Manchester |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 138 x 216 mm |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturgeschichte | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-5261-6885-5 / 1526168855 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-5261-6885-6 / 9781526168856 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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