In Memory of England: A Novelist's View of History - Couverture souple

Vansittart, Peter

 
9780719557477: In Memory of England: A Novelist's View of History
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 071955747X ISBN 13 : 9780719557477
Editeur : John Murray Publishers Ltd, 1999

Synopsis

This is a description of England by the novelist Peter Vansittart, beginning with the mythical land of Albion, of Jack the Giant Killer, Arthur and Merlin. This idealized view of England informs his account of the more conventional heroes and villains, oppressions and advances in this island.;The author discusses English character traits, and progresses to English personalities such as the British theologian Pelagius, William of Occam, Wycliffe, Wolsey and Elizabeth I. After an a panegyric on the Tudor chimney, a portrait of Shakespeare, and an evocation of that lost art, the masque, the book surveys the period of Merrie England, the Imperial Age and England at war.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

This is a description of England by the novelist Peter Vansittart, beginning with the mythical land of Albion, of Jack the Giant Killer, Arthur and Merlin. This idealized view of England informs his account of the more conventional heroes and villains, oppressions and advances in this island.;The author discusses English character traits, and progresses to English personalities such as the British theologian Pelagius, William of Occam, Wycliffe, Wolsey and Elizabeth I. After an a panegyric on the Tudor chimney, a portrait of Shakespeare, and an evocation of that lost art, the masque, the book surveys the period of Merrie England, the Imperial Age and England at war.

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Éditeur
John Murray Publishers Ltd
Date d'édition
1999
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
071955747X
ISBN 13 
9780719557477
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
298
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
non disponible

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9780719557439: In Memory of England: A Novelist's View of History

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0719557437 ISBN 13 :  9780719557439
Editeur : John Murray Publishers Ltd, 1998
Couverture rigide