A definitive text in the field of English national identity and patriotism, including a new introduction and afterword, setting the book in a new, contemporary context.

A multi-authored volume exploring the evolving concept of 'Englishness' over the late 19th and early 20th centuries, covering both cultural politics and political culture.

Introduction Englishness and the National Culture Philip Dodd (University of the Arts, London, UK) Englishness and the Political Culture Robert Colls (De Montfort University, UK) The Discovery of Rural England Alun Howkins (University of Sussex, UK) The Invention of English Brian Doyle (1943-1997), author of English and Englishness (1989) A Literature for England Peter Brooker (University of Nottingham, UK) and Peter Widdowson (formerly University of Gloucestershire, UK) The Identity of English Music: The Reception of Elgar 1898-1935 Jeremy Crump (De Montfort University, UK) The Englishwoman Alice Mackay (independent scholar, UK) and Pat Thane (King's College, London, UK) The Marginal Britons: The Irish D George Boyce (University of Swansea, UK) Englishness and the Liberal Inheritance After 1886 Dennis Smith (University of Loughborough, UK) The Conservative Party and Patriotism Hugh Cunningham (University of Kent, UK) Socialism, the State and Some Oppositional Englishness Stephen Yeo (formerly University of Oxford, UK) Afterword Index