Fashioning masculinity : national identity and language in the eighteenth century /

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The fashioning of English gentlemen in the eighteenth century was modelled on French practices of sociability and conversation. Michele Cohen shows how at the same time, the English constructed their cultural relations with the French as relations of seduction and desire. She argues that this produc...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Cohen, Michèle, 1944-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 1996.
Subjects:
1700-1799
English literature > 18th century > History and criticism.
National characteristics, English, in literature.
Nationalism > Great Britain > History > 18th century.
Masculinity in literature.
English literature > French influences.
Women and literature > Great Britain.
Nationalism in literature.
Sex role in literature.
Men in literature.
Littérature anglaise > 18e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Anglais dans la littérature.
Nationalisme > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Masculinité dans la littérature.
Femmes et littérature > Grande-Bretagne.
Nationalisme dans la littérature.
Rôle selon le sexe dans la littérature.
Hommes dans la littérature.
PSYCHOLOGY > Human Sexuality.
English literature
English literature > French influences
Literature
Masculinity in literature
Men in literature
National characteristics, English, in literature
Nationalism
Nationalism in literature
Sex role in literature
Women and literature
Mannelijkheid.
Gentleman (begrip)
Nationale kenmerken.
Bellettrie.
Engels.
France > In literature.
France
Great Britain
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Chapter INTRODUCTION
  • chapter 1 CONVERSATION AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE HONNÊTE HOMME IN SEVENTEENTH- CENTURY FRANCE
  • chapter 2 THE ENGLISH GENTLEMAN AND HIS TONGUE
  • chapter 3 POLITENESS
  • chapter 4 THE GRAND TOUR OF THE ENGLISH GENTLEMAN
  • chapter 5 THE ACCOMPLISHMENT OF THE EIGHTEENTH- CENTURY LADY
  • chapter 6 THE SEXED MIND
  • chapter 7 TONGUES, MASCULINITY AND NATIONAL CHARACTER.

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