Ideologies of English: Stress Clash, “Anglo-Saxon”, and Twentieth-Century Conceptions of Rhythm

“Ideologies of English” looks at how our implicit myths about language interact with our conceptions of rhythm. It takes as a case in point the critical writings of Seamus Heaney and his figuration of the “Anglo-Saxon”, a notion by means of which Heaney defines a gendered nature or essence of Englis...

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Main Author: Andrew Eastman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Presses Universitaires de la Méditerranée 2010-12-01
Series:Études Britanniques Contemporaines
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/ebc/2813