Autore	Sim Stuart
Edizione	[1st ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Edinburgh, : Edinburgh University Press, c2008
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (225 p.)
Disciplina	820.9005 823.5093556
Soggetto topico	English literature - 18th century - History and criticism English fiction - 18th century - History and criticism
ISBN	1-281-35762-6 9786611357627 0-7486-3131-3
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	COVER; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1: Oroonoko, or, The History of the Royal Slave and Race Relations; Chapter 2: The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, Born-Again Theology and Intelligent Design; Chapter 3: Gulliver's Travels, Multiculturalism and Cultural Difference; Chapter 4: Pamela; or, Virtue Rewarded and Sexual Abstinence; Chapter 5: The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling and Anti-Social Behaviour; Chapter 6: The Female Quixote; or, The Adventures of Arabella and Northanger Abbey: The Power of the Media and Popular Culture Chapter 7: The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman and Genetic Inheritance Chapter 8: The Mysteries of Udolpho, A Romance and Family Values; Chapter 9: Caleb Williams, or, Things As They Are and the Surveillance Society; Chapter 10: Waverley, or, 'Tis Sixty Years Since and Disputed Sovereignty; Chapter 11: Frankenstein, or, The Modern Prometheus and Artificial Life; Chapter 12: The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner and Fundamentalist Terrorism; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Altri titoli varianti	18th century novel and contemporary social issues
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910807002703321

Autore	Woodworth Megan A
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Farnham, Surrey, England ; ; Burlington, Vt., : Ashgate, c2011
Descrizione fisica	[xi], 229 p
Disciplina	823/.5099287
Collana	British literature in context in the long eighteenth century
Soggetto topico	English literature - Women authors - History and criticism English literature - 18th century - History and criticism Masculinity in literature
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-317-14541-0 1-4094-2781-1
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Un jeune homme comme il y en a peu: Evelina and the masculine empire -- If a man dared act for himself: Cecilia and the family romance of the American Revolution -- The best were only men of theory: masculinity, revolution, and reform, 1789-1793 -- From men of theory to theoretical men: Smith, West, and masculinity at war, 1793-1802 -- A really respectable, enlightened and useful country gentleman: men of fashion, men of merit, and the rehabilitation of the landed gentleman -- Gentleman-like manner: gentlemanly professionals, merit, and the end of patronage -- You misled me by the term gentleman: a final farewell to foppery and nonsense.
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910466153503321

Autore	Riasanovsky Nicholas V (Nicholas Valentine), <1923-2011, >
Pubbl/distr/stampa	New York ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , 1992
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (0 p.)
Disciplina	820.9/145
Soggetto topico	English literature - 18th century - History and criticism Romanticism - Great Britain - History - 18th century German literature - 18th century - History and criticism Comparative literature - English and German Comparative literature - German and English
ISBN	0-19-535720-5 1-4294-0605-4
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910784862503321

Pubbl/distr/stampa	Newcastle, : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2008
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (305 p.)
Altri autori (Persone)	ColburnGlen
Soggetto topico	Mental illness in literature Illness anxiety disorder in literature English literature - 18th century - History and criticism Literature and society - Europe - History - 18th century
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-282-41405-4 9786612414053 1-4438-1485-7
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	TABLE OF CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; PART I; MME DE STAËL AND THE SOCIOLOGY OF MELANCHOLY; ENGLISH SONG, ENGLISH MALADY; QUACKS, SOCIAL CLIMBERS, SOCIAL CRITICS, AND GENTLEMEN PHYSICIANS; "CORRUPTIBLE BODIES"; "WITH THE AFFECTION OF A PARENT"; PART II; WITHOUT SWAPPING HER SKIRT FOR BREECHES; A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A DEAD MAN; FANNY BURNEY, THE VAPOURS, AND FEMININE DESIRE; MEDICAL WOMEN AND HYSTERICAL DOCTORS; THE SEX OF SPLEEN AND THE BODY OF SENSIBILITY IN EARLY ROMANTIC LYRIC; NOTORIOUS CELEBRITY; CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910464863303321

Pubbl/distr/stampa	Oxon [England] : , : Routledge, , 2014
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (487 p.)
Disciplina	820.9/352041 820.9352041
Altri autori (Persone)	CohenMichele <1944-> HitchcockTim <1957->
Collana	Women And Men In History
Soggetto topico	English literature - 18th century - History and criticism Masculinity in literature English literature - Early modern, 1500-1700 - History and criticism Literature and society - Great Britain - History - 18th century Literature and society - Great Britain - History - 17th century English literature - Male authors - History and criticism Sex role in literature Men in literature
ISBN	1-317-88249-0 0-582-31919-6 1-138-14730-3 1-315-84031-6 1-317-88250-4
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	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; Change 5. 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: Conclusion 11. The old Adam and the new man: emerging themes in the history of English masculinities, 1750-1850Further reading; Index
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910786778503321