Jovial bigotry : Max O'Rell and the debate over manners and morals in 19th century France, Britain and the United States / by Jana Verhoeven.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Verhoeven, Jana.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

O'Rell, Max, 1848-1903--Political and social views.

O'Rell, Max.

Women--Conduct of life--History--19th century.

Women.

Women--Social conditions--19th century.

Great Britain--Moral conditions--History--19th century.

Great Britain.

United States--Moral conditions--History--19th century.

United States.

France--Moral conditions--History--19th century.

France.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (223 p.)

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne [England] : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book revisits the debate over manners and morals that raged in France, Britain and the United States in the late nineteenth century. It was in essence a debate about gender and sexuality, and one of the foremost figures in the transnational discussions was the French writer and lecturer Paul Blouet, alias Max O'Rell (1847-1903). Although largely forgotten today, O'Rell deserves remembering as a major phenomenon of the fin-de-siècle publishing and entertainment world. A Frenchman living i...

Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CONCLUSION; APPENDIX A; APPENDIX B; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

1-4438-3822-5

OCLC:

821179624