A Room of His Own : A Literary-Cultural Study of Victorian Clubland /

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In nineteenth-century London, a clubbable man was a fortunate man, indeed. The Reform, the Athenaeum, the Travellers, the Carlton, and the United Service are just a few of the gentlemen's clubs that formed the exclusive preserve known as "clubland" in Victorian London - the City of Cl...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Black, Barbara J., 1962-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, [2012]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Men > Books and reading.
Literature and society.
Intellectual life.
English literature.
Clubs.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Men's Studies.
Hommes > Livres et lecture > Angleterre > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Clubs > Angleterre > Londres > Histoire.
Litterature et societe > Angleterre > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Litterature anglaise > 19e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Men > Books and reading > England > History > 19th century.
Clubs > England > London > History.
Literature and society > England > History > 19th century.
English literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
England > London.
England.
Londres (Angleterre) > Vie intellectuelle > 19e siecle.
London (England) > Intellectual life > 19th century.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : The man in the club window
  • A night at the club
  • Conduct befitting a gentleman : mid-Victorian clubdom and the novel
  • Clubland's special correspondents
  • Membership has its privileges : the imperial clubman at home and away
  • The pleasure of your company in late-Victorian Pall Mall
  • A world of men : an elegy for clubbability
  • Epilogue : A room of her own.

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