Englishness identified : manners and character, 1650-1850
"In the seventeenth century the English were often depicted as a nation of barbarians, fanatics, and king-killers. Two hundred years later they were more likely to be seen as the triumphant possessors of a unique political stability, a vigorous industrial revolution, and a world-wide empire. These may have been British achievements, but the virtues which brought about this transformation tended to be perceived as being specifically English. Ideas of what constituted Englishness changed from a stock notion of waywardness and unpredictability to one of discipline and dedication
Criticism, interpretation, etc
1 online resource (x, 389 pages) : illustrations
9780585486253, 9780191588587, 0585486255, 019158858X
1409745385
Energy
Candour
Decency
Taciturnity
Reserve
Eccentricity
Manners and character
Electronic reproduction, [Place of publication not identified], HathiTrust Digital Library, 2023
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