Title Rakes, highwaymen, and pirates : the making of the modern gentleman in the eighteenth century / Erin Mackie

Published Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (x, 231 pages) Contents Historicizing masculinity: the criminal and the gentleman -- Always making excuses: the rake and criminality -- Romancing the highwayman -- Welcome the outlaw: pirates, maroons, and Caribbean countercultures -- Privacy and ideology: elite male crime in Burney's Evelina and Godwin's Caleb Williams Summary Synthesizing the histories of masculinity, manners, and radicalism, Rakes, Highwaymen, and Pirates offers a fresh perspective on the eighteenth-century aristocratic male Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-224) and index Notes English Print version record Subject Burney, Fanny, 1752-1840. Evelina. Godwin, William, 1756-1836. Things as they are. SUBJECT Godwin, William, 1756-1836. Things as they are Burney, Fanny, 1752-1840. Evelina Evelina (Burney, Fanny) fast Things as they are (Godwin, William) fast Subject English literature -- 18th century -- History and criticism Masculinity in literature. Literature and society -- England -- History -- 18th century Libertines in literature. Adventure and adventurers in literature. LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. Adventure and adventurers in literature English literature Libertines in literature Literature and society Masculinity in literature England Genre/Form Electronic books Criticism, interpretation, etc. History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780801895302 0801895308

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