Englishness identified : manners and character, 1650-1850
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Englishness identified : manners and character, 1650-1850
Oxford University Press, 2000
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [321]-375) and index
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内容説明
In the 17th 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 were 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. The evolution of the so-called national character 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.
目次
Introduction: Englishness. Part 1: energy - Industry - locomotion - physicality - melancholy - gravity - order - practicality. Part 2: candour - plainness - openness - separateness - domesticity - honesty - humbug. Part 3: decency - barbarity - fair play - propriety - modesty. Part 4: taciturnity - silence - conversation - oratory - clubbability. Part 5: reserve - xenophobia - hospitality - familiarity - intimacy - exclusiveness. Part 6: eccentricity - liberty - informality - originality - character - eccentrics. Conclusion: manners and character.
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