ISBN:
9780191588587
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (402 pages)
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Erscheint auch als
DDC:
306/.0942
Keywords:
National characteristics, English -- History
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National characteristics, English, in literature
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English literature -- History and criticism
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England -- Social life and customs -- 18th century
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England -- Social life and customs -- 17th century
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England -- Social life and customs -- 19th century
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Electronic books
Abstract:
Between 1650 and 1850 perceptions of the English were transformed, as a nation of supposed barbarians, fanatics, and king-killers evolved into a world power of political maturity, imperial grandeur, and industrial might. Englishness Identified traces the evolution of the so-called English national character through the impressions and analyses of foreign observers, and relates it to English ambitions and anxieties during a period of rapid change.
Abstract:
Cover -- Contents -- Note on Sources -- Introduction: ENGLISHNESS -- One: ENERGY -- Industry -- Locomotion -- Physicality -- Melancholy -- Gravity -- Order -- Practicality -- Two: CANDOUR -- Plainness -- Openness -- Separateness -- Domesticity -- Honesty -- Humbug -- Three: DECENCY -- Barbarity -- Fair Play -- Propriety -- Modesty -- Four: TACITURNITY -- Silence -- Conversation -- Oratory -- Clubbability -- Five: RESERVE -- Xenophobia -- Hospitality -- Familiarity -- Intimacy -- Exclusiveness -- Six: ECCENTRICITY -- Liberty -- Informality -- Originality -- Character -- Eccentrics -- Conclusion: MANNERS AND CHARACTER -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.
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