Julia Banister

Masculinity, Militarism and Eighteenth-Century Culture, 1689-1815

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Produktbeschreibung

This book investigates the figure of the military man in the long eighteenth century in order to explore how ideas about militarism served as vehicles for conceptualizations of masculinity. Bringing together representations of military men and accounts of court martial proceedings, this book examines eighteenth-century arguments about masculinity and those that appealed to the 'naturally' sexed body and construed masculinity as social construction and performance. Julia Banister's discussion draws on a range of printed materials, including canonical literary and philosophical texts by David Hume, Adam Smith, Horace Walpole and Jane Austen, and texts relating to the naval trials of, amongst others, Admiral John Byng. By mapping eighteenth-century ideas about militarism, including professionalism and heroism, alongside broader cultural concerns with politeness, sensibility, the Gothic past and celebrity, Julia Banister reveals how ideas about masculinity and militarism were shaped by and within eighteenth-century culture.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 268
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. April 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 508g
• ISBN-13: 9781107195196
• ISBN-10: 1107195195
• Artikelnr.: 48094920

Autorenporträt

Julia Banister is a Senior Lecturer in English Literature at the School of Cultural Studies and Humanities, Leeds Beckett University.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: debating military masculinity; 1. The military man and Augustan anxieties: Trenchard, Steele, Boswell; 2. Performing military professionalism: the trials of admirals Thomas Mathews and Richard Lestock, 1744-6; 3. The new old military hero: the trial of Admiral John Byng, 1756-7; 4. The military man and the return to the Gothic past: Hume, Hurd, Walpole; 5. The military man and the culture of sensibility: Smith, Ferguson, Mackenzie; 6. Making military celebrity: the trials of Admirals Keppel and Palliser, 1778-9; 7. (De)romanticizing military heroism: Clarke, Southey, Austen; Conclusion: rethinking military masculinity; Bibliography; Index.

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Introduction: debating military masculinity
1. The military man and Augustan anxieties: Trenchard, Steele, Boswell
2. Performing military professionalism: the trials of admirals Thomas Mathews and Richard Lestock, 1744-6
3. The new old military hero: the trial of Admiral John Byng, 1756-7
4. The military man and the return to the Gothic past: Hume, Hurd, Walpole
5. The military man and the culture of sensibility: Smith, Ferguson, Mackenzie
6. Making military celebrity: the trials of Admirals Keppel and Palliser, 1778-9
7. (De)romanticizing military heroism: Clarke, Southey, Austen
Conclusion: rethinking military masculinity
Bibliography
Index.