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The first book-length critical work devoted to the impact of the end of empire, this book traces imperial memory in mainstream English literature since the Second World War. Authors studied include Josephine Tey, William Golding, Penelope Lively, David Peace and Ian McEwan.

English fiction --- Decolonization in literature. --- Imperialism in literature. --- History and criticism. --- Englisch. --- English fiction. --- Literature. --- Roman. --- History and criticism --- Commonwealth. --- 1900-1999. --- Geschichte 1945-2011. --- English literature --- Literature --- Literary Studies: From C 1900 --- -LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh --- Ireland --- A Good Man in Africa. --- Anglo-American attitudes. --- British Empire. --- English novels. --- Englishness. --- John Masters. --- Josephine Tey. --- Kinjanja. --- Moon Tiger. --- Penelope Lively. --- William Boyd. --- William Golding. --- colonial fiction. --- family saga. --- female crime novel. --- postcolonial romance. --- travel fiction.