Insularity
Abstract
Although by middle age Dickens was a much-travelled man and a fine linguist, he remained narrowly English in his attitude to foreign countries and customs: typically he is parochially suspicious of foreigners, but not jingoistically or boastfully patriotic.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Migration
Policy
and Dickens Studies
Travel Writing and Literature
American and British Literature Analysis
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Routledge eBooks
- Pages
- 85–88
- Publication date
- 9 January 2026
- Language
- EN
- Document type
- Book chapter