A vivid account of the changing status of men and masculinity as Britain moved into the modern period reveals the significance of social over sexual conduct for eighteenth century definitions of masculinity, using personal stories and diverse public statements drawn from conduct books, magazines, sermons and novels.
A vivid account of the changing status of men and masculinity as Britain moved into the modern period reveals the significance of social over sexual conduct for eighteenth century definitions of masculinity, using personal stories and diverse public statements drawn from conduct books, magazines, sermons and novels.
Philip Carter is Research Editor on the New Dictionary of National Biography and Junior Research Fellow at Wolfson College, Oxford.
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List of figures Acknowledgements Introduction: Gentlemen, manliness and polite society 1 Exploring polite society 2 Men and the rise of politeness 3 The manliness of feeling 4 Effeminacy, foppery and the boundaries of polite society 5 Polite and impolite personalities Conclusion Further reading Index
List of figures Acknowledgements Introduction: Gentlemen, manliness and polite society 1 Exploring polite society 2 Men and the rise of politeness 3 The manliness of feeling 4 Effeminacy, foppery and the boundaries of polite society 5 Polite and impolite personalities Conclusion Further reading Index
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