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England and Englishness : ideas of nationhood in English poetry, 1688-1900

John Lucas
A study of how the notion of "Englishness" is expressed in poetry. Lucas' subject is not patriotism, but the way poets are forced to place themselves in a tradition. Through close readings of poets from Pope to Browning, Lucas charts the tensions which the idea of Englishness creates.
Print Book, English, 1990
Hogarth, London, 1990