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BL
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1000502
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b754872
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Cohen, Michèle,1944-
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Fashioning masculinity : : national identity and language in the eighteenth century /\ Michèle Cohen.
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| Publication Statement
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London ;New York :: Routledge,, 1996.
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1 online resource (xii, 177 pages)
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020320610X
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: 0203298411
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: 0415107369
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: 9780415756396
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: 9781134842216
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: 9781280336232
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0415107369
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-170) and index.
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| Contents
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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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| 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.
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English literature-- French influences.
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English literature-- 18th century-- History and criticism.
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Masculinity in literature.
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Men in literature.
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National characteristics, English, in literature.
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Nationalism in literature.
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Nationalism-- Great Britain-- History-- 18th century.
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Sex role in literature.
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Women and literature-- Great Britain.
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English literature-- French influences.
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English literature.
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Literature.
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Masculinity in literature.
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Men in literature.
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National characteristics, English, in literature.
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Nationalism in literature.
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Nationalism.
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PSYCHOLOGY-- Human Sexuality.
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Sex role in literature.
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Women and literature.
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Bellettrie.
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Engels.
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Gentleman (begrip)
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Mannelijkheid.
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Nationale kenmerken.
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France, In literature.
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France.
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Great Britain.
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| Dewey Classification
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155.3/32/0941
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PR448.N38C64 1996eb
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