John Gurney
Biographic Data
| ID | 3965336 |
|---|---|
| NAME | John Gurney |
| GIVEN NAMES | John |
| FAMILY NAME | Gurney |
| SIGNATURE | GURNEY J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Newcastle University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1977 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Gerrard Winstanley and the Left
Although Gerrard Winstanley and the Digger movement made only a fleeting appearance in the English Revolution, they have become among the best known groups of the period inspiring politicians, activists, authors, playwrights, musicians and film-makers. This paper examines the history of their reception by the Left. The Diggers’ popularity today owes much to the work of two left-wing scholars: the German politician and political thinker Eduard Ber…
English Revolution, The
Gerrard Winstanley
"'The power of property was brought into creation by the sword', so wrote Gerrard Winstanley (1609-1676) - Christian Communist, leader of the Diggers movement and bête noire of the landed aristocracy. Despite being one of the great English radicals, Winstanley remains unmentioned in today's lists of 'great Britons'. John Gurney reveals the hidden history of Winstanley and his movement. As part of the radical ferment which swept England at the tim…
Iraj Afshar 1925–2011
Legations and Gardens, Sahibs and Their Subalterns
(2002). Legations and Gardens, Sahibs and their Subalterns. Iran: Vol. 40, No. 1, pp. 203-232
The functionality of it-clefts in selected discourses
Information in a discourse can be obtained by analyzing several different linguistic properties of the discourse. Various syntactic and semantic triggers provide clues to the complex informational structure of a discourse. For the purposes of this investigation, we selected several discourses taken from a series of wire service messages dealing with terrorist incidents that occurred in Central America from 1989 to 1991. The corpus is known as the…
Gerrard Winstanley and the Digger movement in Walton and Cobham
There has been disagreement among historians about the nature of the local response to the Diggers in Surrey, and about the relative importance of popular hostility and gentry-led opposition in the defeat of the Digger movement. It is argued here that a distinction must be made between the Diggers' reception in Walton and their treatment in Cobham: popular opposition was much in evidence in Walton, where the Diggers were treated as outsiders, but…
The fountain of Narcissus
The porpoises
The deer
Gerrard Winstanley and the Digger movement in Walton and Cobham
There has been disagreement among historians about the nature of the local response to the Diggers in Surrey, and about the relative importance of popular hostility and gentry-led opposition in the defeat of the Digger movement. It is argued here that a distinction must be made between the Diggers' reception in Walton and their treatment in Cobham: popular opposition was much in evidence in Walton, where the Diggers were treated as outsiders, but…
Legations and Gardens, Sahibs and Their Subalterns
(2002). Legations and Gardens, Sahibs and their Subalterns. Iran: Vol. 40, No. 1, pp. 203-232
The deer
The porpoises
The fountain of Narcissus
Gerrard Winstanley and the Digger movement in Walton and Cobham
There has been disagreement among historians about the nature of the local response to the Diggers in Surrey, and about the relative importance of popular hostility and gentry-led opposition in the defeat of the Digger movement. It is argued here that a distinction must be made between the Diggers' reception in Walton and their treatment in Cobham: popular opposition was much in evidence in Walton, where the Diggers were treated as outsiders, but…
The functionality of it-clefts in selected discourses
Information in a discourse can be obtained by analyzing several different linguistic properties of the discourse. Various syntactic and semantic triggers provide clues to the complex informational structure of a discourse. For the purposes of this investigation, we selected several discourses taken from a series of wire service messages dealing with terrorist incidents that occurred in Central America from 1989 to 1991. The corpus is known as the…
Legations and Gardens, Sahibs and Their Subalterns
(2002). Legations and Gardens, Sahibs and their Subalterns. Iran: Vol. 40, No. 1, pp. 203-232
Iraj Afshar 1925–2011
Gerrard Winstanley
"'The power of property was brought into creation by the sword', so wrote Gerrard Winstanley (1609-1676) - Christian Communist, leader of the Diggers movement and bête noire of the landed aristocracy. Despite being one of the great English radicals, Winstanley remains unmentioned in today's lists of 'great Britons'. John Gurney reveals the hidden history of Winstanley and his movement. As part of the radical ferment which swept England at the tim…
English Revolution, The
Gerrard Winstanley and the Left
Although Gerrard Winstanley and the Digger movement made only a fleeting appearance in the English Revolution, they have become among the best known groups of the period inspiring politicians, activists, authors, playwrights, musicians and film-makers. This paper examines the history of their reception by the Left. The Diggers’ popularity today owes much to the work of two left-wing scholars: the German politician and political thinker Eduard Ber…
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