Heritage and the Legacy of the Past in Contemporary Britain

By Ryan Trimm

Book Overview

Bringing together heritage studies and literary studies, this book examines heritage as a ubiquitous trope in contemporary Britain, a seemingly inescapable figure for relations to the past. It interrogates metaphoric resonances: that bestowing past, receiving present, and transmitted bounty are all singular and unified; that transmission between

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367885662
• ISBN13: 9780367885663
• Release Date: December 2019
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 350 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"