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Across the Pond

Paperback • 2014 • 1. edition

Across the Pond

By Terry Eagleton

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About the book

Americans have long been fascinated with the oddness of the British, but the English, says literary critic Terry Eagleton, find their transatlantic neighbors just as strange. Only an alien race would admiringly refer to a colleague as "aggressive," use superlatives to describe everything from one's pet dog to one's rock collection, or speak frequently of being "empowered." Why, asks Eagleton, must we broadcast our children's school grades with bumper stickers announcing "My Child Made the Honor ...Show more

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9780393349405

Publisher

WW Norton & Co

Published year

2014

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1

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Across the Pond

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