Invasions

Invasions

Fears and Fantasies of Imagined Wars in Britain, 1871-1918

Melby, Christian K.

Manchester University Press

04/2025

344

Dura

Inglês

9781526168856

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Introduction
Part I: Beginnings
1 The Battles of Dorking
Part II: Expertise, Public Opinion, and Invasion-Scare Fiction, 1870s to 1914
2 After Dorking: Expertise, Service Authors, and 1870s Future-War Fiction
3 Public Appeals and Fiction, c. 1880-1894
4 Expert Opinion and Public Pressure: From the 1890s to 1914
Part III: Authors and Readers
5 Fiction and Society: The British Public in Invasion-Scare Fiction, 1871-1914
6 Readers and Receptions: The British Public as Audience and Consumers, from the 1870s to the Edwardian High Point
Part IV: Fiction goes to war
7 Invasion-Scare Literature and the First World War
Conclusion
Index -- .
science fiction; literature; fantastic fiction; military history; public opinion; First World War; propaganda; national identity; popular culture; future war