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Anglo-Saxon Attitudes

Author : Angus Wilson
Publisher : Faber & Faber
ISBN 13 : 0571280862
Total Pages : 402 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (712 download)

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Download or read book Anglo-Saxon Attitudes written by Angus Wilson and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2011-11-17 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Angus Wilson is one of the most enjoyable novelists of the 20th century... Anglo-Saxon Attitudes (1956) analyses a wide range of British society in a complicated plot that offers all the pleasures of detective fiction combined with a steady and humane insight.' Margaret Drabble First published in 1956, Anglo-Saxon Attitudes draws upon perhaps the most famous archaeological hoax in history: the 'Piltdown Man', finally exposed in 1953. The novel's protagonist is Gerald Middleton, professor of early medieval history and taciturn creature of habit. Separated from his Swedish wife, Gerald is increasingly conscious of his failings. Moreover, some years ago he was involved in an excavation that led to the discovery of a grotesque idol in the tomb of Bishop Eorpwald. The sole survivor of the original excavation party, Gerald harbours a potentially ruinous secret...

Anglo-Saxon Attitudes

Author : Angus Wilson
Publisher : New York Review of Books
ISBN 13 : 9781590171424
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (714 download)

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Download or read book Anglo-Saxon Attitudes written by Angus Wilson and published by New York Review of Books. This book was released on 2005-04-30 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gerald Middleton is a sixty-year-old self-proclaimed failure. Worse than that, he’s "a failure with a conscience." As a young man, he was involved in an archaeological dig that turned up an obscene idol in the coffin of a seventh-century bishop and scandalized a generation. The discovery was in fact the most outrageous archaeological hoax of the century, and Gerald has long known who was responsible and why. But to reveal the truth is to risk destroying the world of cozy compromises that, personally as well as professionally, he has long made his own. One of England's first openly gay novelists, Angus Wilson was a dirty realist who relished the sleaze and scuffle of daily life. Slashingly satirical, virtuosically plotted, and displaying Dickensian humor and nerve, Anglo-Saxon Attitudes features a vivid cast of characters that includes scheming academics and fading actresses, big businessmen toggling between mistresses and wives, media celebrities, hustlers, transvestites, blackmailers, toadies, and even one holy fool. Everyone, it seems, is either in cahoots or in the dark, even as comically intrepid Gerald Middleton struggles to maintain some dignity while digging up a history of lies.

Anglo-Saxon Attitudes

Author : Angus Wilson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (86 download)

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Download or read book Anglo-Saxon Attitudes written by Angus Wilson and published by . This book was released on 1958 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At 64 Gerald Middleton, a former professor of medieval history, is filled with self-recrimination and self-disgust, but he gets a chance to rectify his life.

The Ruler Portraits of Anglo-Saxon England

Author : Catherine E. Karkov
Publisher : Boydell Press
ISBN 13 : 9781843830597
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (35 download)

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Book Synopsis The Ruler Portraits of Anglo-Saxon England by : Catherine E. Karkov

Download or read book The Ruler Portraits of Anglo-Saxon England written by Catherine E. Karkov and published by Boydell Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author argues that this series of portraits, never before studied as a corpus, creates a visual genealogy equivalent to the textual genealogies and regnal lists that are so much a feature of late Anglo-Saxon culture. As such they are an important part of the way in which the kings and queens of early medieval England created both their history and their kingdom."--BOOK JACKET.

Hemlock and After

Author : Angus Wilson
Publisher : Faber & Faber
ISBN 13 : 0571287646
Total Pages : 235 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (712 download)

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Download or read book Hemlock and After written by Angus Wilson and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2012-08-02 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On its appearance in 1952 the Times Literary Supplement called Hemlock and After 'a novel of remarkable power and literary skill which deserves to be judged by the highest standards'. Angus Wilson's first novel is concerned with the hypocrisies of middle-class society. The protagonist, Bernard Sands, is a novelist and an intellectual who tries to found a centre for young writers. However, Sands is a secret homosexual and in the post-war Britain of the time his liberal ideas cause much anxiety to those in charge. Surrounded by false friends and scheming enemies Sands has to come to terms with his emotions and is forced to decide where his loyalties lie. A compassionately written novel Hemlock and After explores the conflict of duty and love in one man's life and the consequences of our choices. Written at a time when homosexuality was still an offence Hemlock and After is a brilliantly handled novel from a writer who was described by John Betjeman as 'mercilessly accurate and never dull.'

Anglo-Saxon Attitudes

Author : Angus Wilson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (464 download)

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Download or read book Anglo-Saxon Attitudes written by Angus Wilson and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Britons in Anglo-Saxon England

Author : N. J. Higham
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Britons in Anglo-Saxon England written by N. J. Higham and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The question of the British presence in Anglo-Saxon England readdressed by archaeologists, historians, linguists, and place-name specialists. The number of native Britons, and their role, in Anglo-Saxon England has been hotly debated for generations; the English were seen as Germanic in the nineteenth century, but the twentieth saw a reinvention of the German "past". Today, the scholarly community is as deeply divided as ever on the issue: place-name specialists have consistently preferred minimalist interpretations, privileging migration from Germany, while other disciplinary groups have been less united in their views, with many archaeologists and historians viewing the British presence, potentially at least, as numerically significant or even dominant. The papers collected here seek to shed new light on this complex issue, by bringing together contributions from different disciplinary specialists and exploring the interfaces between various categories of knowledge about the past. They assemble both a substantial body of evidence concerning the presence of Britons and offer a variety of approaches to the central issues of the scale of that presence and its significance across the seven centuries of Anglo-Saxon England. NICK HIGHAM is Professor of Early Medieval and Landscape History at the University of Manchester. Contributors: RICHARD COATES, MARTIN GRIMMER, HEINRICH HARKE, NICK HIGHAM, CATHERINE HILLS, LLOYD LAING, C.P. LEWIS, GALE R. OWEN-CROCKER, O.J. PADEL, DUNCANPROBERT, PETER SCHRIJVER, DAVID THORNTON, HILDEGARD L.C. TRISTRAM, DAMIAN TYLER, HOWARD WILLIAMS, ALEX WOOLF

Anglo-Saxon Attitudes

Author : Angus Wilson
Publisher : London, Secker
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 436 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Anglo-Saxon Attitudes written by Angus Wilson and published by London, Secker. This book was released on 1956 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Anglo-Saxon Attitudes

Author : John Anthony Hilton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 72 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Anglo-Saxon Attitudes written by John Anthony Hilton and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is not a book about the Anglo-Saxons, but a book about books about Anglo-Saxons. It describes the academic discipline of Anglo-Saxonism, the methods of study used, the underlying assumptions, and the uses to which it has been put. Methods and motives have changed over time, but right from the start there have been the constant themes of Anglo-Saxon democracy and the rights of the freeborn Englishman. They have given rise to ideas and perceptions that have greatly influenced the development of English society and political history.

Preaching Apocrypha in Anglo-Saxon England

Author : Brandon W. Hawk
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
ISBN 13 : 1487503059
Total Pages : 293 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (875 download)

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Book Synopsis Preaching Apocrypha in Anglo-Saxon England by : Brandon W. Hawk

Download or read book Preaching Apocrypha in Anglo-Saxon England written by Brandon W. Hawk and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2018-01-01 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Preaching Apocrypha in Anglo-Saxon England is the first examination of Christian apocrypha in Anglo-Saxon England, focusing on the use of biblical narratives in Old English sermons. This work demonstrates that apocryphal media are a substantial part of the apparatus of Christian tradition inherited by Anglo-Saxons.

Monastic Life in Anglo-Saxon England, C.600-900

Author : Sarah Foot
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521859468
Total Pages : 7 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (218 download)

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Book Synopsis Monastic Life in Anglo-Saxon England, C.600-900 by : Sarah Foot

Download or read book Monastic Life in Anglo-Saxon England, C.600-900 written by Sarah Foot and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2006-10-26 with total page 7 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A major 2006 history of English monasticism between the sixth and tenth centuries.

Anglo-Saxon Appetites

Author : Hugh Magennis
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Anglo-Saxon Appetites written by Hugh Magennis and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In examining the treatment of food and drink and eating and drinking, Food and Drink in Anglo-Saxon Britain focuses centrally on Old English poetry but also refers extensively to the prose and to texts in other early Germanic languages and in Latin.

Compelling God

Author : Stephanie Clark
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
ISBN 13 : 1487501986
Total Pages : 331 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (875 download)

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Download or read book Compelling God written by Stephanie Clark and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2018-01-01 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Compelling God, Stephanie Clark examines the relationship between prayer, gift giving, the self, and community in Anglo-Saxon England.

The Middle Age of Mrs Eliot

Author : Angus Wilson
Publisher : Faber & Faber
ISBN 13 : 0571286844
Total Pages : 385 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (712 download)

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Download or read book The Middle Age of Mrs Eliot written by Angus Wilson and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2012-08-02 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meg Eliot is the wife of a successful barrister and with that comes a lovely home in Westminster, cocktail parties and a round of charity committees. She is the model wife and her life is one of ease, contentment and privilege. All that changes though when she is suddenly left widowed after a senseless tragedy. Totally alone she is thrust into a struggle to reconstruct her life as she realises that she doesn't really know who she is anymore or who she is supposed to be. The Middle Age of Mrs Eliot follows Meg as she tries to make sense of the realities of life, of living and contemplates the future and its possibilites. What she finds is the ability to survive and, also, the joys of new friendships, new opportunities and perhaps even the idea of a new love. Described by the Daily Telegraph as 'one of fiction's great female creatures', Meg Eliot is a powerful heroine who inspired readers when she first appeared in 1958.

No Laughing Matter

Author : Angus Wilson
Publisher : Faber & Faber
ISBN 13 : 0571281214
Total Pages : 512 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (712 download)

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Download or read book No Laughing Matter written by Angus Wilson and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2012-03-15 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A panoramic novel that stretches from 1912 to 1967 No Laughing Matter is perhaps Angus Wilson's most autobiographical novel. The novel chronicles the end of the bourgeois way of life as seen through the lives of the six Matthews children and their dysfuntional middle-class family. Their parents - Billy Pop and the Countess - are objects of ridicule to their children who vow never to make their mistakes. Quentin, the eldest, is a socialist who adores women. His fervent views, however, become distilled over the years until he transforms into a cynical TV pundit. Gladys, plump and amenable, is unlucky in love and eventually falls for the charms of a crook. Rupert, the handsome actor, has a successful career until he fails to adapt to the changing theatre. Margaret is a brilliant and highly acclaimed novelist but she becomes bitter as her twin Sukey sinks into domestic bliss, while Marcus, the baby of the family, believes that his career is his life. An ambitious and enriching novel No Laughing Matter is an extraordinary work in its depictions of complex family relationships, where it is just as easy to hate as to love and where everyone struggles to be an individual.

The Transatlantic Genealogy of American Anglo-Saxonism

Author : Michael Modarelli
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429785607
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (297 download)

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Download or read book The Transatlantic Genealogy of American Anglo-Saxonism written by Michael Modarelli and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-09-27 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book traces the myth of Anglo-Saxonism as it crosses from Britain to the New World as both a cultural construct and ideological nation-building tool. Through extensive investigations of both early American and English cultural attitudes toward Anglo-Saxonism and similar texts, the book advances the claim that the ways in which Anglo-Saxon authors envisioned history as unfolding becomes an important ideological model for later New World conceptions of historical and national identity. From this beginning, the book follows the influence of this adopted American Anglo-Saxonism in early American literature and the socio-cultural implications that follow upon this influence.

Anglo-Saxon Women and the Church

Author : Stephanie Hollis
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
ISBN 13 : 9780851153179
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (531 download)

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Download or read book Anglo-Saxon Women and the Church written by Stephanie Hollis and published by Boydell & Brewer Ltd. This book was released on 1992 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fresh look at the position of women in the 8th and 9th centuries as defined by the literature of the early church.