Origins of the English Gentleman

Origins of the English Gentleman
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Publisher : Tempus Publishing, Limited
Total Pages : 210
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ISBN-10 : UVA:X004632195
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Rating : 4/5 (95 Downloads)

Synopsis Origins of the English Gentleman by : Maurice Keen

In this work, Maurice Keen explores why a host of men were accepted as entitled to coat armour because they were 'gentlemen', not because they were knights or of knightly ancestry.

The Image of the English Gentleman in Twentieth-Century Literature

The Image of the English Gentleman in Twentieth-Century Literature
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 218
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ISBN-10 : 9781317027850
ISBN-13 : 131702785X
Rating : 4/5 (50 Downloads)

Synopsis The Image of the English Gentleman in Twentieth-Century Literature by : Christine Berberich

Studies of the English gentleman have tended to focus mainly on the nineteenth century, encouraging the implicit assumption that this influential literary trope has less resonance for twentieth-century literature and culture. Christine Berberich challenges this notion by showing that the English gentleman has proven to be a remarkably adaptable and relevant ideal that continues to influence not only literature but other forms of representation, including the media and advertising industries. Focusing on Siegfried Sassoon, Anthony Powell, Evelyn Waugh and Kazuo Ishiguro, whose presentations of the gentlemanly ideal are analysed in their specific cultural, historical, and sociological contexts, Berberich pays particular attention to the role of nostalgia and its relationship to 'Englishness'. Though 'Englishness' and by extension the English gentleman continue to be linked to depictions of England as the green and pleasant land of imagined bygone days, Berberich counterbalances this perception by showing that the figure of the English gentleman is the medium through which these authors and many of their contemporaries critique the shifting mores of contemporary society. Twentieth-century depictions of the gentleman thus have much to tell us about rapidly changing conceptions of national, class, and gender identity.

The Image of the English Gentleman in Twentieth-Century Literature

The Image of the English Gentleman in Twentieth-Century Literature
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Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Total Pages : 226
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ISBN-10 : 9781409489979
ISBN-13 : 1409489973
Rating : 4/5 (79 Downloads)

Synopsis The Image of the English Gentleman in Twentieth-Century Literature by : Dr Christine Berberich

Studies of the English gentleman have tended to focus mainly on the nineteenth century, encouraging the implicit assumption that this influential literary trope has less resonance for twentieth-century literature and culture. Christine Berberich challenges this notion by showing that the English gentleman has proven to be a remarkably adaptable and relevant ideal that continues to influence not only literature but other forms of representation, including the media and advertising industries. Focusing on Siegfried Sassoon, Anthony Powell, Evelyn Waugh and Kazuo Ishiguro, whose presentations of the gentlemanly ideal are analysed in their specific cultural, historical, and sociological contexts, Berberich pays particular attention to the role of nostalgia and its relationship to 'Englishness'. Though 'Englishness' and by extension the English gentleman continue to be linked to depictions of England as the green and pleasant land of imagined bygone days, Berberich counterbalances this perception by showing that the figure of the English gentleman is the medium through which these authors and many of their contemporaries critique the shifting mores of contemporary society. Twentieth-century depictions of the gentleman thus have much to tell us about rapidly changing conceptions of national, class, and gender identity.

The English Gentleman

The English Gentleman
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Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 1853754188
ISBN-13 : 9781853754180
Rating : 4/5 (88 Downloads)

Synopsis The English Gentleman by : Douglas Sutherland

Originally written for Debrett's Peerage, Douglas Sutherland's guide to that endangered species, the English Gentleman, was intended as an antidote to all the endless, dull little books on manners and etiquette. It offers a window on the rather perverse world of the genuine article.

Chivalry and the English Gentleman

Chivalry and the English Gentleman
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 312
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ISBN-10 : 0300027397
ISBN-13 : 9780300027396
Rating : 4/5 (97 Downloads)

Synopsis Chivalry and the English Gentleman by : Mark Girouard

Geïllustreerde studie over de herleving van de codes van het middeleeuwse ridderschap van het einde van de 18e eeuw tot de eerste wereldoorlog.

The Origins of the English Novel, 1600–1740

The Origins of the English Novel, 1600–1740
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Publisher : Johns Hopkins University Press+ORM
Total Pages : 822
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ISBN-10 : 9780801877995
ISBN-13 : 0801877997
Rating : 4/5 (95 Downloads)

Synopsis The Origins of the English Novel, 1600–1740 by : Michael McKeon

“This may well be the most important study of the development of prose fiction in England since Ian Watt’s classic Rise of the Novel, on which it builds.” —Library Journal The Origins of the English Novel, 1600-1740, combines historical analysis and readings of extraordinarily diverse texts to reconceive the foundations of the dominant genre of the modern era. Now, on the fifteenth anniversary of its initial publication, The Origins of the English Novel stands as essential reading. The anniversary edition features a new introduction in which the author reflects on the considerable response and commentary the book has attracted since its publication by describing dialectical method and by applying it to early modern notions of gender. Challenging prevailing theories that tie the origins of the novel to the ascendancy of “realism” and the “middle class,” McKeon argues that this new genre arose in response to the profound instability of literary and social categories. Between 1600 and 1740, momentous changes took place in European attitudes toward truth in narrative and toward virtue in the individual and the social order. The novel emerged, McKeon contends, as a cultural instrument designed to engage the epistemological and social crises of the age. “This book is a formidable attempt to articulate issues of almost imponderable centrality for modern life and literature. McKeon proposes with quite breathtaking ambition and considerable intellectual flourish to redefine the novel’s key role in those immense cultural transformations that produce the modern world.” —Studies in the Novel “A magisterial work of history and analysis.” —Arts and Letters “A powerful and solid work that will dominate discussion of its subject for a long time to come.” —The New York Review of Books

A Polite Exchange of Bullets

A Polite Exchange of Bullets
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Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Total Pages : 334
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ISBN-10 : 9781843835714
ISBN-13 : 1843835711
Rating : 4/5 (14 Downloads)

Synopsis A Polite Exchange of Bullets by : Stephen Banks

Explores why minor slights to certain kinds of gentlemen led to duels in order for honour to be satisfied, and how such ideas about honour changed over time.

British Masculinity in the 'Gentleman’s Magazine', 1731 to 1815

British Masculinity in the 'Gentleman’s Magazine', 1731 to 1815
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Publisher : Springer
Total Pages : 399
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ISBN-10 : 9781137542335
ISBN-13 : 1137542330
Rating : 4/5 (35 Downloads)

Synopsis British Masculinity in the 'Gentleman’s Magazine', 1731 to 1815 by : Gillian Williamson

The Gentleman's Magazine was the leading eighteenth-century periodical. By integrating the magazine's history, readers and contents this study shows how 'gentlemanliness' was reshaped to accommodate their social and political ambitions.

A Very Private Gentleman

A Very Private Gentleman
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Publisher : Macmillan
Total Pages : 287
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ISBN-10 : 9781429971034
ISBN-13 : 1429971037
Rating : 4/5 (34 Downloads)

Synopsis A Very Private Gentleman by : Martin Booth

The locals in the southern Italian town where he lives call him Signor Farfalla--Mr. Butterfly: for he is a discreet gentleman who paints rare butterflies. His life is inconspicuous--mornings spent brushing at a canvas, afternoons idling in the cafes, and evening talks with his friend the town priest over a glass of brandy. Yet there are other sides to this gentleman's life: Clara: the young student who moonlights in the town bordello. And another woman who arrives with $100,000 and a commission, but not for a painting of butterflies. With this assignment returns the dark fear that has dogged Signor Farfalla's mysterious life. Almost instantly, he senses a deadly circle closing in on him, one which he may or may not elude. Part thriller, part character study, part drama of deceit and self-betrayal, A Very Private Gentleman shows Martin Booth at the very height of his powers