Horace Walpole's Letters : Masculinity and Friendship in the Eighteenth Century.

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In looking closely at Horace Walpole's Correspondence, George E. Haggerty shows how these letters, when taken in aggregate, offer an astonishingly vivid account of the vagaries of eighteenth-century masculinity. Walpole talks about himself obsessively: his wants, his needs, his desires; hies ph...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Haggerty, George E.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Pub. Group, 2011.
Temas:
Walpole, Horace, > 1717-1797 > Correspondence.
Walpole, Horace, > 1717-1797
1700-1799
Authors, English > 18th century > Correspondence.
English letters > History and criticism.
Masculinity in literature.
Friendship in literature.
Masculinity > England > History > 18th century.
Écrivains anglais > 18e siècle > Correspondance.
Lettres anglaises (Genre littéraire) > Histoire et critique.
Masculinité dans la littérature.
Amitié dans la littérature.
Masculinité > Angleterre > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Authors, English
English letters
Friendship in literature
Masculinity
Masculinity in literature
England
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Personal correspondence
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Horace Walpole's Letters; CONTENTS; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Horace Walpole's Epistolary Relations; PART ONE : Epistolarity; 1 Horace Walpole's Epistolary Friendships; 2 Horace Walpole on the Grand Tour; 3 Strawberry Hill: Architecture, Friendship, and the Erotics of Collecting; PART TWO : Correspondents; 4 Illness and Intimacy in the Letters between Horace Walpole and William Cole; 5 Art, Politics, and Friendship in the Letters between Horace Walpole and Horace Mann; 6 Walpole and Women: The Countess of Upper Ossory and Mary Berry; Conclusion; Works Cited; Index.

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