Weeping Britannia : portrait of a nation in tears /
"There is a persistent myth about the British: that we are a nation of stoics, with stiff upper lips, repressed emotions, and inactive lachrymal glands. Weeping Britannia - the first history of crying in Britain - comprehensively debunks this myth. Far from being a persistent element in the ...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2015.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction: I Am a Rock
- PART I: PIETY
- 1. Looking for Margery
- 2. Marie Magdalen's Funeral Teares
- 3. Titus Andronicus: Ha, Ha, Ha!
- 4. The Actor, the Witch, and the Puritan
- PART II: ENTHUSIASM
- 5. Stop, Gabriel!
- 6. Four Hundred Pounds to Cry
- 7. The Man of Feeling
- 8. The French Revolution
- PART III: PATHOS
- 9. The Sanity of George III
- 10. Strange Blessing on the Nation
- 11. Little Nell Without Laughing
- 12. Damp Justice
- PART IV: RESTRAINT
- 13. Old Ladies and Other Animals
- 14. The 'If' Upper Lip
- 15. Patriotism is Not Enough
- 16. Thank-You for Coming Back to Me
- PART V: FEELINGS
- 17. Grief Observed
- 18. Ha'way the Lads!
- 19. The Thatcher Tears
- 20. Sensibility Regained
- Conclusion: I Am the Sea.