Notes On England - Softcover

Hippolyte Taine

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0461590093 ISBN 13: 9780461590098

Publisher: HardPress, 2021

Synopsis

Notes On England by Hippolyte Taine is a critical sociocultural travelogue in which Taine applies his method of psychological analysis to English life. Translated with an introductory chapter by W. F. Rae, the book surveys English manners, institutions, and social classes from Boulogne to London, including London streets, the docks, the East End, aristocracy, the clergy, universities, and the working class. Taine argues that national character expresses itself through dependencies among groups—family, Church, state, and economy—and that a people’s mind can be read in its art, politics, and daily life. Rae’s Introduction presents Taine’s program and defends or critiques his method. The notes chronicle impressions of English cities, parks, fashions, pubs, Punch caricatures, and the moral psychology of workers, masters, and nobles; they present a grand synthesis of history, sociology, and cultural criticism and invite readers to reconsider the roots of English liberalism, discipline, and innovation. The volume is a foundational, provocative study in transnational cultural critique.

Edition details

• Publisher: HardPress
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0461590093
• ISBN 13: 9780461590098
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 454