Men and the Emergence of Polite Society, Britain 1660-1800

ISBN-13: 9780582319875 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 240 str.

Philip Carter

Opis

A vivid account of the changing status of men and masculinity as Britain moved into the modern period reveals the significance of social over sexual conduct for eighteenth century definitions of masculinity, using personal stories and diverse public statements drawn from conduct books, magazines, sermons and novels.

O autorze

Philip Carter is Research Editor on the New Dictionary of National Biography and Junior Research Fellow at Wolfson College, Oxford.