Permutations of the Identity of the English Gentleman in Tom Sharpe’s Fiction
Permutations of the Identity of the English Gentleman in Tom Sharpe’s Fiction

Summary/Abstract: It is common knowledge that at the heart of any national identity is a collection of myths designed to provide assurance and give a sense of mission to the people otherwise prone to needless soulsearching and self-doubt. The greater the nation’s accomplishments, the more attractive the myth that sustains it. Empirebuilders throughout history seem to have possessed a special, irresistible mystique all their own.

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