A room of his own [[electronic resource] ] : a literary-cultural study of Victorian clubland / / Barbara Black
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| Autore: |
Black Barbara J. <1962->
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| Titolo: |
A room of his own [[electronic resource] ] : a literary-cultural study of Victorian clubland / / Barbara Black
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| Pubblicazione: | Athens, Ohio, : Ohio University Press, c2012 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (313 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 820.9/008 |
| Soggetto topico: | English literature - 19th century - History and criticism |
| Literature and society - England - History - 19th century | |
| Clubs - England - London - History | |
| Men - Books and reading - England - History - 19th century | |
| Soggetto geografico: | London (England) Intellectual life 19th century |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Introduction: 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. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | In 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | A room of his own |
| ISBN: | 0-8214-4435-2 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910463289803321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Series in Victorian Studies