Ryan Trimm

Heritage and the Legacy of the Past in Contemporary Britain

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Bringing together heritage studies and literary studies, this book examines heritage as a ubiquitous trope in contemporary Britain, a seemingly inescapable figure for relations to the past. It interrogates metaphoric resonances: that bestowing past, receiving present, and transmitted bounty are all singular and unified; that transmission between

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 350
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Dezember 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 152mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 522g
• ISBN-13: 9780367885663
• ISBN-10: 0367885662
• Artikelnr.: 58482333

Autorenporträt

Ryan Trimm is Associate Professor of English and Film Media at the University of Rhode Island, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter I. Introduction: "In a Wondrous Age"
Chapter II. Heritage's Patina: Troping Polity and Preservation
Chapter III. Heritage as Givenness: The Legacy of Phenomenology
Chapter IV. Icon and Image: Heritage as Postmodern Spectacle
Chapter V. Legacy Visions: The Image of Heritage Cinema in Brideshead
Revisited, The Remains of the Day, and Downton Abbey
Chapter VI. Enterprising Heritage: Industry, Tourism, and Metaculture
Chapter VII. Fictions of Industry, Tales of Culture
Chapter VIII. From Heritage to Historic Environment: Diversity and
Spatialized Inheritance in the New Labour Year
Chapter IX. Haunting the Environment: Roots and Specters in Smith, Mantel,
and Oyeyemi
Chapter X. Conclusion