04513oam 2200805I 450 991078677850332120170821181759.01-317-88249-00-582-31919-61-138-14730-31-315-84031-61-317-88250-410.4324/9781315840314 (CKB)3710000000212506(EBL)1757031(OCoLC)885123694(SSID)ssj0001288753(PQKBManifestationID)11760793(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001288753(PQKBWorkID)11295527(PQKB)10938089(MiAaPQ)EBC1757031(OCoLC)897463227(EXLCZ)99371000000021250620180706e20141999 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrEnglish masculinities 1660-1800 /edited by Tim Hitchcock and Michele CohenOxon [England] :Routledge,2014.1 online resource (487 p.)Women And Men In HistoryFirst published 1999 by Addison Wesley Longman.1-322-08065-8 0-582-31922-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of abbreviations; Notes on contributors; 1. Introduction; Part One: Sociability; 2. Sociability and misogyny in the life of John Cannon, 1684-1743; 3. Manliness, effeminacy and the French: gender and the construction of national character in eighteenth-century England; Part Two: Virtue and friendship; 4. The body of the friend: continuity and change in masculine friendship in the seventeenth century; The embrace; The table; The bed; The chamber pot; Gender and society; Bodily humour; Desire; Change5. Homo religiosus: masculinity and religion in the long eighteenth century6. James Boswell's manliness; Boswell as 'man of dignity'; Boswell as 'pretty man'; Boswell as 'blackguard'; Conclusion; Part Three: Violence; 7. Reforming male manners: public insult and the decline of violence in London, 1660-1740; 8. Boys will be boys? Manhood and aggression, 1660-1800; Part Four: Sexuality; 9. 'Nothing is so secret but shall be revealed': the scandalous life of Robert Foulkes; 10. The majesty of the masculine-form': multiplicity and male bodies in eighteenth-century erotica; Part Five: Conclusion11. The old Adam and the new man: emerging themes in the history of English masculinities, 1750-1850Further reading; IndexThis collection of specially commissioned essays provides the first social history of masculinity in the 'long eighteenth century'. Drawing on diaries, court records and prescriptive literature, it explores the different identities of late Stuart and Georgian men. The heterosexual fop, the homosexual, the polite gentleman, the blackguard, the man of religion, the reader of erotica and the violent aggressor are each examined here, and in the process a new and increasingly important field of historical enquiry is opened up to the non-specialist reader.The book opens with a substantial introductiWomen and men in history.English literature18th centuryHistory and criticismMasculinity in literatureEnglish literatureEarly modern, 1500-1700History and criticismLiterature and societyGreat BritainHistory18th centuryLiterature and societyGreat BritainHistory17th centuryEnglish literatureMale authorsHistory and criticismSex role in literatureMen in literatureEnglish literatureHistory and criticism.Masculinity in literature.English literatureHistory and criticism.Literature and societyHistoryLiterature and societyHistoryEnglish literatureMale authorsHistory and criticism.Sex role in literature.Men in literature.820.9/352041820.9352041Cohen Michele1944-1504255Hitchcock Tim1957-1504256MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910786778503321English masculinities 1660-18003733158UNINA