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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Pagina 61
... villages time and time again . Then when the wretched men had no more to give they robbed and burned all the villages that you could well go a whole day's journey and never find anyone occupying a village or land tilled . . . they ...
... villages time and time again . Then when the wretched men had no more to give they robbed and burned all the villages that you could well go a whole day's journey and never find anyone occupying a village or land tilled . . . they ...
Pagina 144
... Village isn't deserted . It still has a pub , a church and a full workhouse for the dying , the mad , orphans and single mothers . The poor are vicious and coarse , only differing from the rich in that they can't disguise their vices ...
... Village isn't deserted . It still has a pub , a church and a full workhouse for the dying , the mad , orphans and single mothers . The poor are vicious and coarse , only differing from the rich in that they can't disguise their vices ...
Pagina 157
... Villages were again deserted , fields overgrown with weeds , roads dusty tracks . Only for a few years during the ... village professionals , doctor and vicar , became desirable country houses where the middle classes can reproduce ...
... Villages were again deserted , fields overgrown with weeds , roads dusty tracks . Only for a few years during the ... village professionals , doctor and vicar , became desirable country houses where the middle classes can reproduce ...
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Before | 1 |
The Coming of the English | 20 |
Englands Darling | 36 |
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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 |