Masculinity, militarism and eighteenth-century culture, 1689-1815
Introduction : debating military masculinity -- The military man and Augustan anxieties : Trenchard, Steele, Boswell -- Performing military professionalism : the trials of Admirals Thomas Mathews and Richard Lestock, 1744-6 -- The new old military hero : the trial of Admiral John Byng, 1756-7 -- The...
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| Format: | Buch |
| Sprache: | English |
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Cambridge New York Port Melbourne : Cambridge University Press,
2018
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| Schlagworte: | Masculinity Militarism Sociology, Military Englisch Literatur Männlichkeit Militarismus Geschichte 1689-1815 |
| Umfang: | vii, 258 Seiten |
| Zusammenfassung: | Introduction : debating military masculinity -- The military man and Augustan anxieties : Trenchard, Steele, Boswell -- Performing military professionalism : the trials of Admirals Thomas Mathews and Richard Lestock, 1744-6 -- The new old military hero : the trial of Admiral John Byng, 1756-7 -- The military man and the return to the gothic past : Hume, Hurd, Walpole -- The military man and the culture of sensibility : Smith, Ferguson, Mackenzie -- Making military celebrity : the trials of Admirals Keppel and Palliser, 1778-9 -- (De)romanticizing military heroism : Clarke, Southey, Austen -- Conclusion : rethinking military masculinity |
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| Beschreibung: | Literaturverzeichnis: Seiten 227-252 |
| Beschreibung: | vii, 258 Seiten 23 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781107195196 1107195195 9781108163927 1108163920 |