Invasion literature is a literary genre that was popular in the period between 1871 and the First World War. The invasion novel was first recognized as a literary genre in the United Kingdom, with the novella The Battle of Dorking, an account of a German invasion of England that aroused national imaginations and anxieties about hypothetical invasions by foreign powers. By 1914 the genre of invasion literature comprised over four hundred novels and stories.
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Place of Origin Notable Example Defining TraitStories of hypothetical invasion by foreign powers that play on national anxieties 1 In the Other Atlases
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1. Invasion literature (Wikipedia)
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The invasion novel was first recognised as a literary genre in the UK, with the novella The Battle of Dorking
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an account of a German invasion of England
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aroused the national imaginations and anxieties about hypothetical invasions by foreign powers
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