national identity and language in the eighteenth century /
First Statement of Responsibility
Michèle Cohen.
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Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Routledge,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
1996.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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1 online resource (xii, 177 pages)
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-170) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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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.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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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.
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
Fashioning masculinity.
International Standard Book Number
0415107369
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
English literature-- 18th century-- History and criticism.
English literature-- French influences.
Masculinity in literature.
Men in literature.
National characteristics, English, in literature.
Nationalism-- Great Britain-- History-- 18th century.