| Description |
x, 268 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. |
| Series |
Women and men in history
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Women and men in history.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-258) and index. |
| Contents |
Sociability and misogyny in the life of John Cannon, 1684-1743 / Tim Hitchcock -- Manliness, effeminacy and the French : gender and the construction of national character in eighteenth-century England / Michèle Cohen -- Body of the friend : continuity and change in masculine friendship in the seventeenth century / Alan Bray and Michel Rey -- Homo religiosus : masculinity and religion in the long eighteenth century / Jeremy Gregory -- James Boswell's manliness / Philip Carter -- Reforming male manners : public insult and the decline of violence in London, 1660-1740 / Robert B. Shoemaker -- Boys will be boys? : manhood and aggression, 1660-1800 / Elizabeth Foyster -- 'Nothing is so secret but shall be revealed' : the scandalous life of Robert Foulkes / David Turner -- 'Majesty of the masculine-form' : multiplicity and male bodies in eighteenth-century erotica / Karen Harvey -- Old Adam and the new man : emerging themes in the history of English masculinities, 1750-1850 / John Tosh. |
| Summary |
This collection of essays provides a framework within which to understand 18th-century men. The book is divided into four parts looking at: sociability, virtue and friendship, violence, and sexuality. |
| Subject |
English literature -- 18th century -- History and criticism.
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English literature. |
| Chronological Term |
18th century |
| Subject |
Masculinity in literature.
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Masculinity in literature. |
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English literature -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism.
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Literature and society -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century.
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Literature and society. |
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Great Britain. |
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History. |
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Literature and society -- Great Britain -- History -- 17th century.
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| Chronological Term |
17th century |
| Subject |
English literature -- Male authors -- History and criticism.
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English literature -- Male authors. |
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Sex role in literature.
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Sex role in literature. |
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Men in literature.
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Men in literature. |
| Added Author |
Hitchcock, Tim, 1957-
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Cohen, Michèle, 1944-
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| Other Form: |
Online version: English masculinities, 1660-1800. London ; New York : Longman, 1999 (OCoLC)607367293 |
| ISBN |
0582319196 hardback |
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9780582319196 hardback |
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0582319226 paperback |
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9780582319226 paperback |
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