Philip Carter (Research Editor New Dictionary Of National Biography)

Men and the Emergence of Polite Society, Britain 1660-1800 (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A vivid account of the changing status of men and masculinity as Britain moved into the modern period reveals the significance of social over sexual conduct for eighteenth century definitions of masculinity, using personal stories and diverse public statements drawn from conduct books, magazines, sermons and novels.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juli 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317882251
• Artikelnr.: 41327695

Autorenporträt

Philip Carter is Research Editor on the New Dictionary of National Biography and Junior Research Fellow at Wolfson College, Oxford.

Inhaltsangabe

List of figures
Acknowledgements
Introduction: Gentlemen, manliness and polite society
1 Exploring polite society
2 Men and the rise of politeness
3 The manliness of feeling
4 Effeminacy, foppery and the boundaries of polite society
5 Polite and impolite personalities
Conclusion
Further reading
Index