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Island Stories
- Unravelling Britain: Theatres of Memory, Volume II
Engelsk Paperback
Island Stories
- Unravelling Britain: Theatres of Memory, Volume II
Engelsk Paperback

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A luminous sequel to the highly acclaimed first volume of <i>Theatres of Memory,</i> <i>Island Stories</i> is an engrossing journey of discovery into the multiple meanings of national myths, their anchorage in daily life and their common sense of a people’s destiny. Raphael Samuel reveals the palimpsest of British national histories, offering a searching yet affectionate account of the heroes and villains, legends and foibles, cherished by the "four nations" that inhabit the British Isles. Samuel is interested by the fact that traditions can disappear no less abruptly than they were invented. How is it, he asks, that the Scots have lost interest in a British narrative of which they were once a central protagonist? Why is the celebration of "Britons" thriving today just as its object has become problematic? <i>Island Stories</i> marvelously conveys the mutability of national conceits. Samuel calls as witness a galaxy of authorities—Bede and Gerald of Barri, Macaulay and Stubbs, Shakespeare and Dickens, Lord Reith and Raymond Williams, Margaret Thatcher and Tony Benn—each of whom sought to renew the sense of national identity by means of an acute sense of the past.<i> Island Stories</i> is a luminous study of the way nations use their past to lend meaning to the present and future. This sequel to the widely acclaimed <i>Theatres of Memory</i> is as passionate, unexpected and enjoyable as its predecessor.
Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
414
ISBN-13:
9781859841907
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
1859841902
Udg. Dato:
1 jul 1999
Længde:
29mm
Bredde:
156mm
Højde:
234mm
Forlag:
Verso Books
Oplagsdato:
1 jul 1999
Forfatter(e):
Books from the same author
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