In the future, what will 'English Literary History' mean? A
literary history of England, or one with much looser boundaries,
defined only by a communality of language, not by location or
history? In this, the latest volume in the Oxford English Literary
History, Bruce King discusses the literature written by those who
have chosen to make England their home since 1948. With
decolonization following World War II, and the growth of large
immigrant communities in England, came a wave of colonial,
postcolonial, and immigrant writers whose entry onto the British
cultural landscape forces us to consider what it is to be British,
English, or national now that England is multiracial and part of a
global economy. King addresses these new trends in English
literature and the questions they raise in the first wide-ranging
and comprehensive account of immigrant literature set in a social
context. Ranging through Black and Asian British prose, poetry and
drama, and writers including V. S. Naipaul, Salman Rushdie, Hanif
Kureishi, and Zadie Smith, King reveals the development of the
literature from writing about immigration to becoming English. Now
that the literature of England includes Sri Lankans, Egyptians, and
British Nigerians, does this mean that we can no longer talk of the
English nation as a cultural unit? King concludes persuasively that
it does not. We have not seen the demise of national cultures, but
rather, a new, accomplished, and socially significant body of
writing in England is influenced by the interaction between foreign
cultures and British traditions. This bold and challenging account
of British culture will shape debate for future generations.
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