| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 249 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Arrows of desire -- And did those feet? Blake and Milton, 1800-1827 -- Our clouded hills : before "Jerusalem", 1827-1915 -- Mental fight : Parry, the Great War, and its aftermath, 1916-1922 -- Dark satanic mills : peace and war, 1923-1945 -- Bring me my Bow: Empire's end, 1945-1976 -- Chariot of fire : Thatcher's Britain and the end of the Cold War, 1977-1996 -- Green and pleasant land : from Blair to Brexit, 1997-2016 -- Albion |
| Summary |
"In the century since Parry set it to music, 'Jerusalem' has become emblematic of a conventional view of Englishness as a rural vision of a green and pleasant land. Yet when William Blake wrote the stanzas to his Preface to Milton, he had recently been tried for sedition and even Parry, having composed his music during the First World War, was appalled by the jingoism and nationalism of those who had commissioned him, instead giving the copyright to the suffragettes. Over the following century the hymn has been used by conservatives nostalgic for a lost empire and radicals committed to a socialist vision for Britain. This book explores the ways in which 'Jerusalem' has been used to create often conflicting narratives of Englishness, from royal celebrations to sporting events, from the 1920s exhibition of empire to protests against the poll tax in the 1990s, and from boosting the morale of a country suffering during war to dividing that nation during the vote for Brexit"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from home page (Oxford Academic, viewed April 14, 2023) |
| Subject |
Blake, William, 1757-1827. Jerusalem.
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Parry, C. Hubert H. (Charles Hubert Hastings), 1848-1918.
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| SUBJECT |
Parry, C. Hubert H. (Charles Hubert Hastings), 1848-1918 fast |
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Jerusalem (Blake, William) fast |
| Subject |
National characteristics, English.
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National characteristics, English
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
019193822X |
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9780191938221 |
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9780192660831 |
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0192660837 |
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