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.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCISBN: 9781780763613Number of pages: 288Weight: 328 gDimensions: 216 x 135 x 25 mm
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