Masculinity, Militarism and Eighteenth-Century Culture, 1689-1815

ISBN-13: 9781107195196 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 264 str.

Julia Banister

Opis

This book discusses the nature of masculinity in eighteenth-century literature and culture through the figure of the military man.

Spis treści

Introduction: debating military masculinity; 1. The military man and Augustan anxieties: Trenchard, Steele, Boswell; 2. Performing military professionalism: the trials of admirals Thomas Mathews and Richard Lestock, 1744–6; 3. The new old military hero: the trial of Admiral John Byng, 1756–7; 4. The military man and the return to the Gothic past: Hume, Hurd, Walpole; 5. The military man and the culture of sensibility: Smith, Ferguson, Mackenzie; 6. Making military celebrity: the trials of Admirals Keppel and Palliser, 1778–9; 7. (De)romanticizing military heroism: Clarke, Southey, Austen; Conclusion: rethinking military masculinity; Bibliography; Index.