English Modernism, National Identity and the Germans, 1890–1950 basic English which appeared too late for

which appeared too late for inclusion in the second edition of The Letters of William and Dorothy Wordsworth (1967-88): they are indispensable for understanding the poet and the inner dynamics of the Wordsworth circle

The theory is still partial

The explanation offered of the complex elements and processes of language use is theoretically and empirically grounded

intuitively plausible account of epistemic justification

personal voices to every page

English Modernism, National Identity and the Germans, 1890–1950 basic English which appeared too late forThis is the first systematic study to trace the way representations of 'Germanness' in modernist British literature from 1890 to 1950 contributed to the development of English identity. Petra Rau examines the shift in attitudes towards Germany and Germans, from suspicious competitiveness in the late Victorian period to the aggressive hostility of the First World War and the curious inconsistencies of the 1930s and 1940s. These shifts were no simple