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1 online resource |
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Series in Victorian Studies |
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Series in Victorian Studies.
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| Contents |
Introduction : The man in the club window -- A night at the club -- Conduct befitting a gentleman : mid-Victorian clubdom and the novel -- Clubland's special correspondents -- Membership has its privileges : the imperial clubman at home and away -- The pleasure of your company in late-Victorian Pall Mall -- A world of men : an elegy for clubbability -- Epilogue : A room of her own |
| Summary |
In nineteenth-century London, a clubbable man was a fortunate man, indeed. The Reform, the Athenaeum, the Travellers, the Carlton, and the United Service are just a few of the gentlemen's clubs that formed the exclusive preserve known as "clubland" in Victorian London - the City of Clubs that arose during the Golden Age of Clubs. Why were these associations for men only such a powerful emergent institution in nineteenth-century London? Distinctly British, how did these single-sex clubs help fashion men, foster a culture of manliness, and assist in the project of nation building? What can elite male affiliative culture tell us about nineteenth-century Britishness? This book sheds light on the mysterious ways of male associational culture as it examines such topics as fraternity, sophistication, nostalgia, social capital, celebrity, gossip, and male professionalism |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
English literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism
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Literature and society -- England -- History -- 19th century
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Clubs -- England -- London -- History
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Men -- Books and reading -- England -- History -- 19th century
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Men's Studies.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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Clubs
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English literature
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Intellectual life
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Literature and society
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Men -- Books and reading
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| SUBJECT |
London (England) -- Intellectual life -- 19th century.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85078217
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England
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England -- London
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2012033506 |
| ISBN |
0821444352 |
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9780821444351 |
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