Happy Warriors in Waiting? Wykehamists and the Great War – Stereotypes, Complexities and Contradictions
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12219747 |
|---|---|
| Authors | J A Mangan (Emeritus Professor, University of Strathclyde, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 3-4 |
| Pages | 458-491 |
| Publication date | 2011-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The International Journal of the History of Sport (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0952-3367 • E-ISSN: 1743-9035 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09523367.2011.546159 |
| OpenAlex | W2171902030 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 5 |
Winchester College has always had a reputation for intellectual excellence. Nevertheless, in keeping with contemporary trends it embraced the late nineteenth century cult of games, but with reservations. Winchester is a corrective to simplistic generalisations about the uniform chauvinistic philistinism of the period public school system. It was characterised by encouragement of individuality and intellectual effort and by a restrained attitude to military matters, games and xenophobic conditioning, There was a sobriety about Wykehamist reactions to the Great War which merits attention
Aesthetics · Art · Cult · Excellence · Period (music · Political science · Reputation · Sobriety · Sociology · Australian History and Society · History · Law · Literature: history, themes, analysis · Psychology · World Wars: History, Literature, and Impact
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0.21 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2014 (3) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |