LEADER 03050nam 2200637 a 450 001 9910463289803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8214-4435-2 035 $a(CKB)3170000000060536 035 $a(EBL)1743673 035 $a(OCoLC)823040716 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000784187 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11421981 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000784187 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10761147 035 $a(PQKB)11089469 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1743673 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse18619 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1743673 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10639552 035 $a(EXLCZ)993170000000060536 100 $a20120831d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 12$aA room of his own$b[electronic resource] $ea literary-cultural study of Victorian clubland /$fBarbara Black 210 $aAthens, Ohio $cOhio University Press$dc2012 215 $a1 online resource (313 p.) 225 1 $aSeries in Victorian Studies 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8214-2016-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction: The man in the club window -- A night at the club -- Conduct befitting a gentleman: mid-Victorian clubdom and the novel -- Clubland's special correspondents -- Membership has its privileges: the imperial clubman at home and away -- The pleasure of your company in late-Victorian Pall Mall -- A world of men: an elegy for clubbability -- Epilogue: A room of her own. 330 $aIn nineteenth-century London, a clubbable man was a fortunate man, indeed. The Reform, the Athenaeum, the Travelers, the Carlton, the United Service are just a few of the gentlemen's clubs that formed the exclusive preserve known as "clubland" in Victorian London-the City of Clubs that arose during the Golden Age of Clubs. Why were these associations for men only such a powerful emergent institution in nineteenth-century London? Distinctly British, how did these single-sex clubs help fashion men, foster a culture of manliness, and assist in the project of nation building? What can elite mal 410 0$aSeries in Victorian Studies 606 $aEnglish literature$y19th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aLiterature and society$zEngland$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aClubs$zEngland$zLondon$xHistory 606 $aMen$xBooks and reading$zEngland$xHistory$y19th century 607 $aLondon (England)$xIntellectual life$y19th century 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aEnglish literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aLiterature and society$xHistory 615 0$aClubs$xHistory. 615 0$aMen$xBooks and reading$xHistory 676 $a820.9/008 700 $aBlack$b Barbara J.$f1962-$0171058 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910463289803321 996 $aA room of his own$92204979 997 $aUNINA