Judy Giles, Tim Middleton

Writing Englishness: An Introductory Sourcebook (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

The very word "England" conjures up a multitude of images: from cricket and warm beer to grey industrial towns. Whatever Englishness is, it cannot be defined purely by geography. The first half of the twentieth century, which saw two World Wars, the decline of the British empire and worldwide economic depression, was a time when concepts about national identity were especially controversial. "Writing and Englishness: 1900-1950" is an absorbing and innovative collection of writings which explore the debates surrounding Englishness during those problematic times. Issues explored include the ideas and ideals of Englishness; versions of rural England; war and national identity; and culture and Englishness. These fascinating pieces are gathered from a wide variety of sources such as diaries, political speeches, literature and journalism.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. September 2003
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134822744
• Artikelnr.: 47890339

Autorenporträt

Judy Giles is Senior Lecturer in Women¿s Studies, Cultural Studies and Literature at the University College of Ripon & York St John. She is the author of Women, Identity and Private Life in Britain 1900¿1950 (1995). Tim Middleton is Senior Lecturer in Literary and Cultural Studies and Head of the English Studies programme at the University College of Ripon & York St John.

Inhaltsangabe

1 THE IDEAS AND IDEALS OF ENGLISHNESS 1 J.B. Priestley, `Little Englanders
From English Journey (1934) 2 E.M. Forster, `If one wanted to show a foreigner England
From Howards End (1910) 3 W.H. Davies, `England
From Our Nation
s Heritage (1939) 4 D.H. Lawrence, `I don
t like England very much, but
From The Letters of D.H. Lawrence (1932) 5 E.M. Forster, `Middle-class people smell
From Selected Letters of E.M. Forster: Volume 1: 1879
1920 6 Phillip Gibbs, `Here, then, is something of England
From England Speaks (1935) 7 J.H. Thomas, `I do foresee a far happier England
From When Labour Rules (1920) 8 Arnold Bennett, `An honest and naïve goodwill
in the very air of England
From The Old Wives
Tale (1908) 9 E.M. Forster, `Why has not England a great mythology?
From Howards End (1910) 10 T.S. Eliot, `What is part of our culture is also part of our lived religion
From Notes Towards the Definition of Culture (1948) 11 C.F.G. Masterman, `We cannot help being interested in ourselves
From The Condition of England (1909) 12 Ford Madox Ford, `The Englishman feels very deeply and reasons very little
From The Spirit of the People (1907) 13 Phillip Gibbs, `The soul of England spoke again
From England Speaks (1935) 14 Sir Ernest Barker, `Some Constants of the English Character
From The Character of England (1947) 15 Arthur Mee, `The nation is a living body
From The Children
s Encyclopaedia 16 Wyndham Lewis, `Dear old Great Britain has to take in partners
From The Hitler Cult (1939) 17 Jan Struther, `Back from Abroad
From Mrs. Miniver (1939) 2 VERSIONS OF RURAL ENGLAND 18 Edward Thomas, `The Village
From The Heart of England (1906) 19 H.V. Morton, `The fun it is to tramp from town to town
From In Search of England (1927) 20 Edmund Blunden, `How much that we loved is going or gone!
From The Face of England (1932) 21 H.V. Morton, `We may not revive the English village of the old days
From In Search of England (1927) 22 J.W. Robertson-Scott, `A community which has almost always been hovel housed
From England
s Green and Pleasant Land: The Truth Attempted (1925) 23 Stanley Baldwin, `England is the country, and the country is England
From On England (1926) 24 J.B. Priestley, `The Three Englands
From English Journey (1934) 3 WAR AND NATIONAL IDENTITY 25 Virginia Woolf, `Her sex and class has very little to thank England for
From Three Guineas (1938) 26 Ernest Raymond, `I see a death in No Man
s Land to-morrow as a wonderful thing
From Tell England: A Study in a Generation (1922) 27 Rupert Brooke, `The Soldier
From 1914 and Other Poems (1915) 28 Siegfried Sassoon, `Memorial Tablet
(1919) From Georgian Poetry 29 Edward Thomas, `As the Team
s Head Brass
(c. 1915) From The Collected Poems of Edward Thomas 30 J.B. Priestley, Talk from 21 July 1940 From All England Listened: The Wartime Broadcasts of J.B. Priestley 31 Mass Observation National Panel Member, `Conscripts
attitudes to war politics
(April 1940) From Speak for Yourself: A Mass Observation Anthology 1937
49 32 Winston S. Churchill, `Victory
victory at all costs
From Into Battle: War Speeches by Right Hon. Winston S. Churchill (1941) 33 Winston S. Churchill, `We shall go on to the end
From Into Battle: War Speeches by Right Hon. Winston S. Churchill (1941) 34 Herbert Morrison, `Let us take stock of ourselves
From Looking Ahead: Wartime Speeches by the Right Hon. Herbert Morrison (1943) 35 Winston S. Churchill, VE speeches From Victory: War Speeches by Right Hon. Winston S. Churchill (1945) 36 Winston S. Churchill, Address to the King From Victory: War Speeches by Right Hon. Winston S. Churchill (1945) 37 Mass Observation ATS Clerk, Diary account of VE Day From Wartime Women 38 Ministry of Information, Programme for film Propaganda From Documentary Newsletter (1940) 39 Jan Struther, `From Needing Danger
From Mrs. Miniver (1939) 14 CULTURE AND ENGLISHNESS FUNCTIONS FOR ENGLISH 40 Newbolt Committee, `The bulk of our people
are unconsciously living starved existences
From The Teaching of English in England (1921) 41 Newbolt Committee, `Middle-class trivialities
From The Teaching of English in England (1921) REACTIONS TO MODERNISM 42 James Bone, `We make two pretty things grow where one idea grew before
From `The Tendencies of Modern Art
(1913) 43 Pont, `Short story in the new manner
From The British Character: Studied and Revealed by Pont (1938) 44 Winifred Holtby, `Mistaking the grotesque for the beautiful
From Letters to a Friend (1937) 45 Frank Swinnerton, `Ill-mannered and pretentious dilettanti
From The Georgian Literary Scene (1935) SPORT AND NATIONAL IDENTITY 46 Vita Sackville-West, `The English man is seen at his best the moment that another man starts throwing a ball at him
From The Character of England (1947) 47 Neville Cardus, `Cricket at Shastbury
From Good Days (1931) POPULAR CULTURE AND EVERYDAY LIFE 48 J.B. Priestley, `Sunday Evenings
From English Journey (1934) 49 J.B. Priestley, `Blackpool
From English Journey (1934) 50 George Orwell, `Boys
Weeklies
From Collected Letters, Essays and Journalism (1939) 51 Pearl Jephcott, `Girls Growing Up
From Girls Growing Up (1943) 5 DOMESTIC AND URBAN ENGLANDS THE HOMES OF ENGLAND 52 Ebenezer Howard, `Garden Cities
From Garden Cities of Tomorrow (1902) 53 John Buchan, `Fellows like me don
t understand
the folk that live in villas and suburbs
From The Thirty-Nine Steps (1915) 54 Rupert Brooke, `The Old Vicarage, Grantchester
From 1914 and Other Poems (1915) 55 Daphne du Maurier, `Losing Manderley
From Rebecca (1938) 56 James Laver, `Homes and Habits
From The Character of England (1947) 57 Lord Kennett, `Muddleford
From The Character of England (1947) 58 Osbert Lancaster, `English is the only language that has a word for
home
From Progress at Pelvis Bay (1936) 59 Dr Stephen Taylor, `The Suburban Neurosis
From the Lancet (1938) URBAN ENGLANDS: THE MIDLANDS AND THE NORTH 60 Anonymous, Correspondence on housing estates From the Birmingham Mail (1931) 61 J.B. Priestley, `Rusty Lane, West Bromwich
From English Journey (1934) 62 D.H. Lawrence, `Nottingham and the Mining Country
From the New Adelphi (1930) 63 H.V. Morton, `What I Saw in the Slums
From Labour Party pamphlet (1933) 64 H.V. Morton, `Wigan
From In Search of England (1927)