Empire, Modernity, and the Invasion Novel
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- ISBN 9781032758602
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 07 Aug 2026
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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Empire, Modernity, and the Invasion Novel: Invading Modernism is an examination of Late-Victorian and Edwardian popular literature, and the invasion novel genre in particular.
Written at the height of British Imperialism, these texts mediated the cultural confusion and anxiety about the empire in radical and experimental ways. A few decades later, the modernists would attempt to define themselves in opposition to the authors of these books, dismissing them as commercial purveyors of lowbrow pablum. And yet, the modernist project was not only driven by many of the same anxieties as the invasion novel, it was even invaded by the formal experimentation which characterized the genre.
This book will be of interest to any readers or scholars seeking to deepen their understanding of late-nineteenth and early-twentieth century British Literature by shedding light on a genre which has largely been dismissed and overlooked as an obscure footnote in British literary history. It will also serve any readers hoping to better understand the legacy and impact of the British Empire, and how the media and anxieties that were produced in its wake reverberated through the twentieth century and into our own cultural moment.
Graeme Calloway currently holds a faculty position at Belmont Hill School where he teaches Medieval English Literature, British Literature, and a number of core curriculum courses. He earned his BA in English from Dartmouth College and his PhD in English from Tufts University.
