Philip Research Editor: 1 book
by Philip (Research Editor, New Dictionary Of National Biography) Carter
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2014
This book presents an account of masculinity in eighteenth century Britain. In particular it is concerned with the impact of an emergent polite society on notions of manliness and the gentleman.
From the 1660s a new type of social behaviour, politeness, was promoted by diverse writers. Based...
