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ISBN
9781789042757
Book Title
Fools' Paradise : the Voyage of a Ship of Fools from Europe, a Mock-Heroic Poem on Brexit
Publisher
Hunt Publishing The Limited, John
Item Length
9 in
Publication Year
2020
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Illustrator
Yes
Item Height
0.4 in
Author
Nicholas Hagger
Genre
Political Science, Poetry, Social Science
Topic
Epic, World / European, Anthropology / Cultural & Social
Item Weight
9.1 Oz
Item Width
6 in
Number of Pages
184 Pages

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Publisher
Hunt Publishing The Limited, John
ISBN-10
1789042755
ISBN-13
9781789042757
eBay Product ID (ePID)
24038479952

Product Key Features

Book Title
Fools' Paradise : the Voyage of a Ship of Fools from Europe, a Mock-Heroic Poem on Brexit
Number of Pages
184 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2020
Topic
Epic, World / European, Anthropology / Cultural & Social
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Political Science, Poetry, Social Science
Author
Nicholas Hagger
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
0.4 in
Item Weight
9.1 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2019-945273
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
821.92
Synopsis
In Fools' Paradise, a mock-heroic poem on Brexit which complements his masque King Charles the Wise, Nicholas Hagger presents the most important British event since the Second World War: the Brexiteers' struggle to wrest control of the UK's laws, borders, money and trade from the EU and turn the UK into a more prosperous paradise. In 16 cantos and an epilogue of heroic couplets with an epic tone, he narrates the 2018 Chequers compromise and its aftermath: the EU's opposition, lack of internal support, looming 'no deal' and requests for extensions that keep the UK in the EU. He shows the UK Ship of State as manned by a squabbling crew sailing for an illusory paradise and too riven by division to reach agreement. The dream all were promised seems undeliverable. In the tradition of the social satire of Dryden and Pope, the elevated style is undermined by a recurring image of the Ship of Fools in Sebastian Brant's 1494 Swiss poem Ship of Fools (Das Narrenschiff), which makes a chaotic voyage from Europe to an illusory paradise across the waves. It becomes apparent that all on the UK Ship of State are to some extent living in a fools' paradise. Focusing on the historic decision to leave Europe that if carried through would have immense repercussions for coming generations, Nicholas Hagger presents the warring factions on the UK Ship of State and in true Universalist manner foresees a resolution of the conflict in the reconciliation of a coming united world. This is an astonishing poem that approaches the most important national event of our time in the spirit of Tennyson and gets to the heart of the UK's national predicament., In Fools' Paradise, a mock-heroic poem on Brexit, Nicholas Hagger approaches the most important national event of our time in the spirit of Tennyson and gets to the heart of the UK's national predicament.
LC Classification Number
PR6058.A378

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