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Across the pond an Englishman's view of America

A native Briton describes America and its citizens through his English eyes, humorously questioning their choices in bumper stickers, use of adjectives and superlatives, and their overall lack of appreciation for the teapot.

Main Author: Eagleton, Terry, 1943-
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2013]
Edition: First edition.
Subjects:
Eagleton, Terry, > 1943- > Travel > United States.
Popular culture > United States.
British > United States > Anecdotes.
Popular culture > Great Britain.
National characteristics, American.
National characteristics, British.
English language > Variation > United States.
English language > Variation > Great Britain.
United States > Social life and customs.
Great Britain > Social life and customs.
Summary: A native Briton describes America and its citizens through his English eyes, humorously questioning their choices in bumper stickers, use of adjectives and superlatives, and their overall lack of appreciation for the teapot.
Physical Description: 178 pages ; 22 cm
ISBN: 9780393088984 (hardcover)
0393088987 (hardcover)
Author Notes: Terry Eagleton received a Ph.D from Cambridge University. He is a literary critic and a writer. He has written about 50 books including Shakespeare and Society, Criticism and Ideology, The Ideology of the Aesthetic, Literary Theory, The Illusions of Postmodernism, Why Marx Was Right, The Event of Literature, and Across the Pond: An Englishman's View of America. He wrote a novel entitled Saints and Scholars, several plays including Saint Oscar, and a memoir entitled The Gatekeeper. He is also the chair in English literature in Lancaster University's department of English and creative writing.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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