Abstract:This article examines the importance of 'Englishness' as a thematic element in the poetry and criticism of Donald Davie (1922Davie ( -1995. Beginning with a consideration of Davie's position writing in the aftermath of the Second World War and the decline of the British Empire, the article argues that Davie capitalises on an internationalist sensibility otherwise rejected by many of the post-war writers of the Movement with whom he was initially linked. In so doing, this article traces a tension in Davie's wri… Show more
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