The English

by J.B. Priestley

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0670296309
• ISBN13: 9780670296309
• Release Date: September 1973
• Publisher: Penguin Putnam
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 2.45 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Unveils the Mystery of the English

In this book, JBP attempts to isolate the essence of the Englich character. The thesis of the book is that the English have a very fuzzy and indefinite border between their unconscious and conscious minds (an idea that may have been influenced by his friend and colleague, C.G. Jung). This gives the English their distinctive tastes in literature, philosophy and the like and results in the characteristic English temperament. This is probably Priestley's most perceptive work, and it goes a long way towards explaining the most prolific literary culture in the world.