Englishness and National Culture
Nonfiction, Art & Architecture, General Art, Popular Culture, Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism
| Author: | Antony Easthorpe | ISBN: | 9781134643059 |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis | Publication: | January 14, 2004 |
| Imprint: | Routledge | Language: | English |
| Author: | Antony Easthorpe |
| ISBN: | 9781134643059 |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis |
| Publication: | January 14, 2004 |
| Imprint: | Routledge |
| Language: | English |
In this highly engaging book, Antony Easthope examines 'Englishness' as a form and a series of shared discourses. Discussing the subject of 'nation' - a growing area in literary and cultural studies - Easthope offers polemical arguments written in a lively and accessible style. Englishness and National Culture asserts a profound and unacknowledged continuity between the seventeenth century and today. It argues that contemporary journalists, historians, novelists, poets and comedians continue to speak through the voice of a long-standing empiricist tradition.
In this highly engaging book, Antony Easthope examines 'Englishness' as a form and a series of shared discourses. Discussing the subject of 'nation' - a growing area in literary and cultural studies - Easthope offers polemical arguments written in a lively and accessible style. Englishness and National Culture asserts a profound and unacknowledged continuity between the seventeenth century and today. It argues that contemporary journalists, historians, novelists, poets and comedians continue to speak through the voice of a long-standing empiricist tradition.
