Anglomania: A European Love Affair

Name: Anglomania: A European Love Affair
Brand: Recyclivre
Author: Ian Buruma
ISBN: 9780375705366

Ian Buruma

11/04/2000
Vintage

NC (0 avis)

Couverture de Anglomania: A European Love Affair par Ian Buruma

Résumé

"Imaginative, original--wittily written."--The Washington Post Book World To some, England has long represented tolerance, reason, and political moderation. To others, it is a moribund bastion of snobbery and outdated tradition. In this lively and diverting social history, noted author Ian Buruma, himself the son of Dutch immigrants to England, provides an incisive look at anglophilia--and anglophobia--over the last two centuries. From passionate enthusiasts like Voltaire and Goethe, to exiles like Garibaldi and Herzen, to colorful England-bashers like Napoleon, Marx, and Kaiser Wilhelm II, Anglomania gives a sharply satirical account of Europe's sometimes comical, sometimes deadly prejudices, and explains why England's individuality and her relationship with Europe is still vitally important as we enter the twenty-first century.