by Mark Connelly (Author)
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.
Author Biography
Mark Connelly is Reuters Lecturer in Media and Propaganda History at the University of Kent at Canterbury.
Number of Pages: 288
Dimensions: 1 x 8.4 x 5.2 IN
Publication Date: November 30, 2012