Williamson British Masculinity in the 'Gentleman’s Magazine', 1731 to 1815

1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-137-54233-5
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 283 Seiten, eBook

Reihe: Genders and Sexualities in History

The Gentleman's Magazine was the leading eighteenth-century periodical. By integrating the magazine's history, readers and contents this study shows how 'gentlemanliness' was reshaped to accommodate their social and political ambitions.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Williamson, Gillian

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction 1. Gentlemanly Masculinity 2. The History of the Gentleman ' 's Magazine, 1731-1815 3. Readers and Contributors 4. Gentlemanly Masculinity in the Gentleman ' 's Magazine, 1731-1756 5. Gentlemanly Masculinity in the Gentleman ' 's Magazine, 1757-1789 6. Gentlemanly Masculinity in the Gentleman ' 's Magazine, 1790-1815 7. Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Gillian Williamson read Classics at the University of Cambridge, UK, and worked as a corporate finance adviser in London. She returned to academic study after editing a lottery-funded local history book, and also contributed to The Victoria History of Essex: Newport (2015).