Anglomania A European Love Affair

by BURUMA, IAN

• ISBN13: 9780375705366
• ISBN10: 0375705368
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-04-11
• Publisher: Vintage

Summary

"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 To others, it is a moribund bastion of snobbery and outdated tradition.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,Anglomaniagives 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.

Author Biography

Ian Buruma is a fellow at the Woodrow Wilson Institute for the Humanities in Washington, D.C.

Table of Contents

Churchill's Cigar	p. 3
Voltaire's Coconuts	p. 21
Goethe's Shakespeare	p. 50
Fingal's Cave	p. 69
The Parkomane	p. 81
Graveyard of the Revolution	p. 103
Schooldays	p. 131
A Sporting Man	p. 138
Wagnerians	p. 165
Jewish Cricket	p. 176
The Anglomane Who Hated England	p. 199
Leslie Howard	p. 223
Dr. Pevsner	p. 236
The Man in the Tweed Coat	p. 260
The Last Englishman	p. 273
Sources	p. 283
Bibliography	p. 291
Index	p. 295
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