Judy Giles, Tim Middleton

Writing Englishness

An Introductory Sourcebook

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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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 298
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. November 1995
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 526g
• ISBN-13: 9780415114417
• ISBN-10: 0415114411
• Artikelnr.: 21007323

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)