List of Illustrations * Chronology * Introduction * PART I: MEN: THE MAKINGS OF AN ENGLISHMAN * The Rake * The Fop * The Country Gentleman * The Cit * PART II: WOMEN: 'MOST WOMEN HAVE NO CHARACTERS AT ALL' * The Heroine--or Dwindle into a Wife * The Coquette and the Prude * The Country Maid and the Town Lady * Learned Ladies and Female Wits * PART III: OTHERS * The Catholic Other: Monsieurs and Macaronis * The Protestant Other: Low and High Dutch * The British Other: The Scot * Endnotes * Primary Works Cited * Bibliography and Further Reading * Index List of Illustrations * Chronology * Introduction * PART I: MEN: THE MAKINGS OF AN ENGLISHMAN * The Rake * The Fop * The Country Gentleman * The Cit * PART II: WOMEN: 'MOST WOMEN HAVE NO CHARACTERS AT ALL' * The Heroine--or Dwindle into a Wife * The Coquette and the Prude * The Country Maid and the Town Lady * Learned Ladies and Female Wits * PART III: OTHERS * The Catholic Other: Monsieurs and Macaronis * The Protestant Other: Low and High Dutch * The British Other: The Scot * Endnotes * Primary Works Cited * Bibliography and Further Reading * Index.