Some of the most incisive writers on the subject rethink the relationship between Britain, England and English literary culture. It is premised on the importance of devolution, the uncertainty of the British union, the place of English Literature within the union, and the need for England to become a self-determining literary nation.

Arthur Aughey, University of Hull, UK Anthony Barnett Christine Berberich, University of Portsmouth, UK John Brannigan, University College Dublin, UK Hywel Dix, Bournemouth University, UK Simon Featherstone, De Montfort University, UK Michael Gardiner, University of Warwick, UK Gerry Hassan David Higgins, University of Leeds, UK Graham MacPhee, West Chester University, UK Willy Maley, University of Glasgow, UK John McLeod, University of Leeds, UK Pablo Mukherjee, University of Warwick, UK Andrew Mycock, University of Huddersfield, UK Claire Westall, University of York, UK Philip Tew, Brunel University, UK