Becoming the Gentleman
British Literature and the Invention of Modern Masculinity, 1660–1815
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Gender Studies, Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism
| Author: | J. Solinger | ISBN: | 9780230391840 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan US | Publication: | June 27, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan | Language: | English |
| Author: | J. Solinger |
| ISBN: | 9780230391840 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan US |
| Publication: | June 27, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Language: | English |
Becoming the Gentleman explains why British citizens in the long eighteenth century were haunted by the question of what it meant to be a gentleman. Supplementing recent work on femininity, Solinger identifies a corpus of texts that address masculinity and challenges the notion of a masculine figure that has been regarded as unchanging.
Becoming the Gentleman explains why British citizens in the long eighteenth century were haunted by the question of what it meant to be a gentleman. Supplementing recent work on femininity, Solinger identifies a corpus of texts that address masculinity and challenges the notion of a masculine figure that has been regarded as unchanging.
