TY - BOOK ID - 1529020 TI - Britain at the turn of the twenty-first century AU - Broich, Ulrich AU - Bassnett, Susan PY - 2001 VL - 16 SN - 9042015268 9042015365 9004333975 9789042015364 PB - Amsterdam Rodopi DB - UniCat KW - History of the United Kingdom and Ireland KW - Sociolinguistics KW - English literature KW - History of civilization KW - European Union KW - anno 2000-2009 KW - anno 1900-1999 KW - 942 KW - British literature. KW - Great Britain KW - Civilization. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:1529020 AB - At the turn of the twenty-first century Britain is in a state of change. It is being transformed by the ongoing process of devolution as well as by its increasing multi-ethnicity. At the same time the relationship with the European Union remains controversial. This book charts these transformations in the context of the changes Britain experienced a century ago, at the turn of the twentieth century. Focusing on British politics, culture and literature the articles examine a range of topics, including models of utopian and apocalyptic thought, the contemporary celebrity cult, the state of literary theory in Britain and the recent “boom” in lyrical poetry and the “drama of blood and sperm”. ER -