文章基本信息
- 标题:Loops and Knots in a Long Rope : Scenes from Equivocation Theme in Early Modern England
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- 作者:Nuno Ribeiro
- 期刊名称:Via Panorâmica : Revista Electrónica de Estudos Anglo-Americanos
- 电子版ISSN:1645-9652
- 出版年度:2009
- 卷号:2
- 期号:2
- 出版社:Biblioteca Digital da Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto
- 摘要:Tradition,.especially.in.times.of.doubt.and.trouble,.calls.for.objects.of.popular.cherishing. and. homage,. and. commemoration. is. supposed. to. revive. the.common. ground. of. memory. and. national. identity,. and. exorcize. ghosts. of.scepticism.and.decline..Britain. has.always.been. culturally.multiform,.the. field.of. permanent. intercourse. between. natives. and. immigrants,. settlers. and.travellers,.conquerors.and.traders,.and.the.attempt.at.spotting.a.stratum.with.solid. qualifications. to. typify. origins. or. genuine. sources. would. certainly.collapse.. The. conspicuousness. of. the. living. faces. of. the. Empire,. after. all. the.visible. witnesses. of. a. very. recent. historical. experience. providing,. however,.marks.of.irreversible.import,.joins.the.reductive.label.of.Anglo©\Saxon.or.Anglo©\Celtic. cultural. matrix.. To. conjure. a. sense. of. Commonwealth. and. the. pride.grounded. on. the. royal. throne. of. kings. and. earth. of. majesty. has. always.seemed.an.appropriate. gesture. to.pour.new.life. into.