Becoming the Gentleman
| Author | : J. Solinger |
| Publisher | : Springer |
| Total Pages | : 311 |
| Release | : 2012-06-27 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780230391840 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0230391842 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (842 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Becoming the Gentleman by : J. Solinger
Download or read book Becoming the Gentleman written by J. Solinger and published by Springer. This book was released on 2012-06-27 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Becoming the Gentleman explains why British citizens in the long eighteenth century were haunted by the question of what it meant to be a gentleman. Supplementing recent work on femininity, Solinger identifies a corpus of texts that address masculinity and challenges the notion of a masculine figure that has been regarded as unchanging.
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