Paperback. A literary study of a productive unionist and nationalist tension in contemporary British culture. As Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales gain self-governance from England, writers in these nations face new pressures to create distinctly national literatures. Compatriots or Competitors? examines the artistic tension in this work, as writers both emulate neighboring traditions and reinforce distinctions between nations. Across a range of texts from each of the United Kingdoms four nations, Hywel Dix maps the creative productivity of this interplay between Unionism and nationalism across Great Britain. This book debates how Brexit has exacerbated cultural differences between the four nations of Britain in a way that ultimately places the future existence of the United Kingdom in question. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

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Title: Compatriots or Competitors? (Paperback)
Publisher: University of Wales Press, Wales
Publication Date: 2022
Language: English
ISBN 10: 1786839342
ISBN 13: 9781786839343
Binding: Paperback
Condition: new

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A literary study of a productive unionist and nationalist tension in contemporary British culture.

As Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales gain self-governance from England, writers in these nations face new pressures to create distinctly national literatures. Compatriots or Competitors? examines the artistic tension in this work, as writers both emulate neighboring traditions and reinforce distinctions between nations. Across a range of texts from each of the United Kingdom’s four nations, Hywel Dix maps the creative productivity of this interplay between Unionism and nationalism across Great Britain.

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Hywel Dix is principal academic in English and communication at Bournemouth University.

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