“Human Derelicts” and the Deterioration of the Nation: Discourses of Identity and Otherness in Victorian and Edwardian Britain (1860s-1910s)

In the second half of the Victorian period, and even more so at the turn of the century, fears for what was considered the health of the nation started to grip Britain. The second Boer War (1899-1902) shook the already eroding self-confidence of an Empire that was preoccupied with what was described...

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Main Author: Alice Bonzom
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centre de Recherche et d'Etudes en Civilisation Britannique 2022-06-01
Series:Revue Française de Civilisation Britannique
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/rfcb/9360
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