New Left Review I/158, July-August 1986

Benedict Anderson

James Fenton’s Slideshow

Host: What say you to young Master Fenton?

He capers, he dances, he has eyes of youth, he writes verses, he speaks holiday, he smells April and May; he will carry’t, he will carry’t, ’tis in his buttons, he will carry’t.

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