Brewer's Anthology of England and the English
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Brewer's Anthology of England and the English by David Milsted
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.
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)..
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| ISBN 13 | 9780304365944 |
| ISBN 10 | 0304365947 |
| Title | Brewer's Anthology of England and the English |
| Author | David Milsted |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Orion Publishing Co |
| Year published | 2003-07-17 |
| Number of pages | 532 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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