England: The Making of the Myth from Stonehenge to Albert SquareFourth Estate, 2001 - 274 pagina's This work is a narrative history of England covering 3000 years, which explores the political, religious, environmental and physical influences that have arrived at the myth that is England. Threads which are explored include the myth of the English woman and the identification of class in dialect. Duffy concludes that the history of England's absorbtion of different cultures should lead England to support the European ideal and turn its back on Americanization. |
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... German cities were under even more devastating attack , Goebbels was to call on German civilians to show the courage and stamina of the English , pointing out that 231.
... German cities were under even more devastating attack , Goebbels was to call on German civilians to show the courage and stamina of the English , pointing out that 231.
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... German view of themselves as heroic characters from Teutonic mythology in a Wagner opera , and of the English as a collection of mad eccentrics , men , women and children in tweeds , leaping in the air , firing off ancient popguns and ...
... German view of themselves as heroic characters from Teutonic mythology in a Wagner opera , and of the English as a collection of mad eccentrics , men , women and children in tweeds , leaping in the air , firing off ancient popguns and ...
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... German and Italian armies in North Africa . By 1943 , saturation bombing of German cities was bringing the reality of war home to their citizens . Germany retaliated in 1944 with the doodlebugs and flying bombs that spared the Luftwaffe ...
... German and Italian armies in North Africa . By 1943 , saturation bombing of German cities was bringing the reality of war home to their citizens . Germany retaliated in 1944 with the doodlebugs and flying bombs that spared the Luftwaffe ...
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England: The Making of the Myth from Stonehenge to Albert Square Maureen Duffy Fragmentweergave - 2001 |
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A. P. Watt Alfred Alfred's Anglo-Saxon Chronicle army barons battle became Bede began bishops boys Britain British Britons brother brought called century Charles Christian Chronicle Church civil Cnut colonies court culture death defeated Douglas Goldring Earl Earl of Northumbria Edward Elizabeth empire English myth Europe Flora Thompson forced foreign France French garden German girls Harold Harthacnut Henry Henry VI houses hundred hyperlect industry invasion Ireland Irish island John king king's Labour land language later Layamon lives London Lord married mother myth of England Norman Normandy Northumbria Parliament peace Picts Piers Plowman poem political popular princes Protestant queen reform reign Roman royal rural Saxons Scotland Scots seemed sent Shakespeare ships soldiers Spain story Swein Ted Willis thousand throne took trade tradition turned village Vortigern Welsh Wessex William William of Malmesbury women
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Social Identities: Multidisciplinary Approaches Gary Taylor,Steve Spencer Gedeeltelijke weergave - 2004 |