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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cohen, Michèle, 1944-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English literature--18th century--History and criticism.

English literature.

National characteristics, English, in literature.

Nationalism--Great Britain--History--18th century.

Nationalism.

English literature--French influences.

Women and literature--Great Britain.

Women and literature.

Nationalism in literature.

Sex role in literature.

Men in literature.

Masculinity in literature.

France--In literature.

France.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (190 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1996.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 produced anxiety on the part of the English over the effect of French practices on English masculinity and the virtue of English women. By the end of the century, representing the French as an effeminate other was integral to the forging of English, masculine national identity. Michele Cohen examines the

Contents:

""Book Cover""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""CONTENTS""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 151-170) and index.

ISBN:

1-134-84220-1

0-415-75639-1

1-280-33623-4

0-203-20610-X

1-134-84221-X

9780203206102

OCLC:

60311186