Fashioning masculinity : national identity and language in the eighteenth century / Michèle Cohen.

The fashioning of English gentlemen in the eighteenth century was modelled on French practices of sociability and conversation. Michele Cohen shows how at the same time, the English constructed their cultural relations with the French as relations of seduction and desire. She argues that this produc...

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Main Author:	Cohen, Michèle, 1944-
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	London ; New York : Routledge, 1996.
Subjects:	1700-1799 English literature > 18th century > History and criticism. National characteristics, English, in literature. Nationalism > Great Britain > History > 18th century. Masculinity in literature. English literature > French influences. Women and literature > Great Britain. Nationalism in literature. Sex role in literature. Men in literature. PSYCHOLOGY > Human Sexuality. English literature English literature > French influences Literature Masculinity in literature Men in literature National characteristics, English, in literature Nationalism Nationalism in literature Sex role in literature Women and literature Mannelijkheid. Gentleman (begrip) Nationale kenmerken. Bellettrie. Engels. France > In literature. France Great Britain Electronic books. Criticism, interpretation, etc. History
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Table of Contents:

Chapter INTRODUCTION
chapter 1 CONVERSATION AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE HONNÊTE HOMME IN SEVENTEENTH- CENTURY FRANCE
chapter 2 THE ENGLISH GENTLEMAN AND HIS TONGUE
chapter 3 POLITENESS
chapter 4 THE GRAND TOUR OF THE ENGLISH GENTLEMAN
chapter 5 THE ACCOMPLISHMENT OF THE EIGHTEENTH- CENTURY LADY
chapter 6 THE SEXED MIND
chapter 7 TONGUES, MASCULINITY AND NATIONAL CHARACTER.

Fashioning masculinity : national identity and language in the eighteenth century / Michèle Cohen.

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