Brewer's Anthology of England and the English - Brossura

Milsted, David

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ISBN 10: 0304365947 ISBN 13: 9780304365944

Casa editrice: Orion, 2003

Riassunto

Brewer's Anthology of England and the English is an English 'parliament of voices' - from the patriotic and laudatory to the dissident and choleric. With attention focused as never before on England - the 'sleeping partner' of a loosening Union, and the definitions of 'England' and 'Britain' under increasing scrutiny, it offers a timely, thought-provoking and richly entertaining contribution to an intensifying debate about nationhood.

Drawing on an impressively wide range of historical and contemporary sources - from Bede to Betjeman, from Langland to Larkin, from Palmerston to Pink Floyd, and from Shakespeare to Schama - and encompassing extracts from novels, poems, plays, works of history, films, TV programmes, newspapers, letter and diaries, Brewer's Anthology of England and the English lays bare the attitudes, tastes, obsessions and prejudices of the English as they have developed over 1500 years of history.

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Descrizione del libro:

A stunning anthology that reveals the essence of Englishness through an eclectic array of quotations and longer extracts.

'The selections in this book have been made with great originality and thoroughness ... a work that most people ought to rejoice at finding in their Christmas stockings.'
Simon Heffer, Spectator

L'autore:

David Milsted has compiled a number of quotations and general reference titles, including The Cassell Dictionary of Regrettable Quotations (1999) and The Chronicle of the 20th Century in Quotations (2000)..

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Orion
• Data di pubblicazione: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0304365947
• ISBN 13: 9780304365944
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 532