The Pan-Angles

Sinclair KennedyProject Gutenberg · United StatesDec 2019

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Word count: 409K words
Chapters: 41

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Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and his memory continues to inspire the creation of eBooks and related technologies today.The Pan-Angles by Sinclair KennedyAuthor: Kennedy, Sinclair,Language: English, Class: D: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere, Release Date: Mar 8, 2014

Editor's review

This book is Sinclair Kennedy's English historical discussion of the "Pan-Angles" concept, part of the free Project Gutenberg e-book series. The listing gives only its classification under history (class D: general history and the Eastern Hemisphere), with no details of chapters or arguments, so its value lies mainly in offering a primary text of early twentieth-century political and historical discourse in the English-speaking world for readers to examine. For those studying Anglo-Saxon relations, English-speaking national identity or early ideas of an Atlantic community, it provides an original sample for close reading; general readers may treat it as a window onto the tone of historical writing of the time. Being a public-domain e-book, it is cheap to read and suited to on-demand use in academic research or thematic reading, rather than as a smoothly narrated general history. It is best read alongside background material on the period, to identify its positions and assumptions.

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Historians studying English-speaking identity and the Pan-Angles concept
University students concerned with early twentieth-century Atlantic relations discourse
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Reading tips

Look up the author and the date of composition before entering the text, to avoid reading out of context.
As you read, mark how the author defines the scope of "Anglo," and compare usage across chapters.
Read it against contemporary English-speaking political writings, noting rhetorical strategies and assumptions.
As an e-book, use search to jump around thematically around core concepts.

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Is this a novel or a historical discussion?

According to Project Gutenberg's classification, the book falls under history (class D: general history and the Eastern Hemisphere); it is a historical discussion, not a novel. The listing gives no further content summary, so readers should treat it as an English historical text that requires background reading, not as a narrative work.

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You can read it, but depth of understanding will be limited. The book deals with concepts of English-speaking peoples and national relations; it is advisable to learn about the early twentieth-century context and the basic discourse of "Pan-Angles" before reading the text, which makes it easier to grasp the author's positions and main arguments.

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Sinclair Kennedy Author

Sinclair Kennedy is an author about whom little public information is available; to date, only one work is known under his name, The Pan-Angles. Since his dates of birth and death, nationality and educational background cannot be verified, his personal life is difficult to set out, and any understanding of him must begin with this surviving work. The title The Pan-Angles suggests a book concerned with the relationships, unity or identity of the English-speaking peoples or the Anglo-Saxon world, giving it a strongly thematic and argumentative rather than purely narrative character. Owing to limited sources, the book's publication date, specific contents and reception remain unclear, and the author's stance and mode of argument await further examination. Overall, Kennedy is a sparsely published and obscure figure, and his style and influence can only be cautiously inferred from the title and subject of this single work, with further details to be added as new material emerges.