Rakes, highwaymen, and pirates : the making of the modern gentleman in the eighteenth century /

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Synthesizing the histories of masculinity, manners, and radicalism, Rakes, Highwaymen, and Pirates offers a fresh perspective on the eighteenth-century aristocratic male.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Mackie, Erin Skye, 1959-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009.
Subjects:
Burney, Fanny, > 1752-1840. > Evelina.
Godwin, William, > 1756-1836. > Things as they are.
Evelina (Burney, Fanny)
Things as they are (Godwin, William)
1700-1799
English literature > 18th century > History and criticism.
Masculinity in literature.
Literature and society > England > History > 18th century.
Libertines in literature.
Adventure and adventurers in literature.
Littérature anglaise > 18e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Masculinité dans la littérature.
Littérature et société > Angleterre > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Libertins dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
English literature.
Literature and society.
England.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Historicizing masculinity: the criminal and the gentleman
  • Always making excuses: the rake and criminality
  • Romancing the highwayman
  • Welcome the outlaw: pirates, maroons, and Caribbean countercultures
  • Privacy and ideology: elite male crime in Burney's Evelina and Godwin's Caleb Williams.

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