Langford, Paul
Englishness Identified: Manners and Characters, 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, 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 specifically English. Ideas of what constituted Englishness changed from a stock notion of waywardness and unpredictability to one of discipline and dedication. The evolution of the so-called national character - today once more the subject of scrutiny and debate - is traced through the impressions and analyses of foreign observers, and related to English ambitions and anxieties during a period of intense change.
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Keywords: English language, English literature
- Author(s)
- Langford, Paul
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Publication year
- 2001
- Language
- en
- Edition
- 1
- Page amount
- 401 pages
- Category
- History
- Format
- Ebook
- eISBN (PDF)
- 0-19-924640-8