Christmas : A History Paperback / softback
by Mark (University of Kent, UK) Connelly
Paperback / softback
Description
This book provides an original perspective on the West's most enduring social and cultural institution.
The author covers all the vital themes contributing to the modern Christmas: its Anglo-German origins and the idea of the bourgeois Christmas expressing family virtues; the need for a touchstone with the past in an age of rapid expansion and thus the myth of Merrie England; and the revival of English music: in short, all the elements making up the modern Christmas.
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:288 pages, 8pp bw plates
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication Date:05/11/2012
- Category:
- ISBN:9781780763613
Information
-
Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:288 pages, 8pp bw plates
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication Date:05/11/2012
- Category:
- ISBN:9781780763613