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03159aam a2200361 i 4500 001 7FFBA946FF9A11E9A2D37E2597128E48 003 SILO 005 20191105010136 008 190204s2019 nyu b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2018059888 020 $a 0190669209 020 $a 9780190669201 035 $a (OCoLC)1085589382 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d BDX $d ERASA $d YDX $d OCLCO $d DLC $d OCLCF $d NYP $d YDX $d OCLCO $d UKMGB $d YUS $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a PE1599 G89 M48 2019 100 1 $a Metcalf, Allan A. $e author. 245 14 $a The life of guy : $b Guy Fawkes, the Gunpowder Plot, and the unlikely history of an indispensable word / $c Allan Metcalf. 264 1 $a New York, NY : $b Oxford University Press, $c 2019. 300 $a 162 pages ; $c 18 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Introduction: prominent terrorist becomes pronoun; summary -- Reformation -- The original guy -- The first public guy -- First Bonfire Day -- Gunpowder Days in England: the Pope and the guy -- Pope night in America: diminishing guy in the new world -- My pronoun, 'tis of thee: thou art lost and gone forever -- Guys in rags -- Ladies and gentlemen -- Roadblocks -- Modern Guy Fawkes -- Guys victorious -- The future. 520 8 $a Had you said "What a guy!" in 17th-century England, anyone would have understood you were admiring a flaming effigy of Guy Fawkes of the Gunpowder Treason Plot. 0How times have changed! In America and, indeed, most of the English-speaking world, "guy" is so embedded in daily speech that we scarcely notice how odd it truly is: a singular "guy" referring to males only, a plural "guys" encompassing the entire human race. The journey from England's greatest villain to America's favorite second-person plural pronoun offers a story rich with surprising and unprecedented turns. 0Through his trademark breezy, highly readable style, acclaimed writer Allan Metcalf takes us deep into this history, uncovering the intrigue, murderous plots, and torture out of which the word emerged in 1605. From there, it's a thrilling run through 17th-century England, bloody religious controversies, and across the Atlantic to America, where the word took on a life of its own, exploding into popular culture and day-to-day conversation. From the disappearance of <"thou,>" to George Washington and the American Revolution, to the modern revival of Guy Fawkes in V for Vendetta, Metcalf explores the improbable history of a simple word so indispensable to our daily lives, and that evokes deep insights into the evolution of English itself. 650 0 $a Guy (The English word) 600 10 $a Fawkes, Guy, $d 1570-1606. 650 0 $a Gunpowder Plot, 1605. 600 17 $a Fawkes, Guy, $d 1570-1606. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00120874 611 27 $a Gunpowder Plot (1605) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00949430 776 08 $i Online version: $a Metcalf, Allan A., author. $t Life of guy. $d New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2019. $z 9780190060794 $w (DLC) 2019981546 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20191204012553.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=7FFBA946FF9A11E9A2D37E2597128E48 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search