Examines Englishness as a form and series of shared discourses, exerting a continuity between the 17th century and today. It argues that today's writers, historians and comedians continue to use the voice of the empiricist tradition
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Examines Englishness as a form and series of shared discourses, exerting a continuity between the 17th century and today. It argues that today's writers, historians and comedians continue to use the voice of the empiricist tradition
Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; Preface; Nation; Nation, identity, discourse; National desire; The English tradition; Empiricism in English philosophy; An empiricist tradition; Englishness today; The discourse of literary journalism; The discourse of history-writing; English tragedy, English comedy; Contemporary English poetry; Nation: identity and difference; Bibliography; Index