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Rakes, Highwaymen, and Pirates: The Making of the Modern Gentleman in the Eighteenth Century

Erin Mackie

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Description:PErin Mackie explores the shared histories of the modern polite English gentleman and other less respectable but no less celebrated eighteenth-century masculine types: the rake, the highwayman, and the pirate.pPMackie traces the emergence of these character types to the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, when traditional aristocratic authority was increasingly challenged. She argues that the development of the modern polite gentleman as a male archetype can only be fully comprehended when considered alongside figures of fallen nobility, which, although criminal, were also glamorous enough to reinforce the same ideological order.pPIn IEvelina/I's Lord Orville, IClarissa/I's Lovelace, IRookwood/I's Dick Turpin, and ICaleb Williams'/Is Falkland, Mackie reads the story of the ideal gentleman alongside that of the outlaw, revealing the parallel lives of these seemingly contradictory characters. Synthesizing the histories of masculinity, manners, and radicalism, IRakes, Highwaymen, and Pirates/I offers a fresh perspective on the eighteenth-century aristocratic male.pWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Rakes, Highwaymen, and Pirates: The Making of the Modern Gentleman in the Eighteenth Century. To get started finding Rakes, Highwaymen, and Pirates: The Making of the Modern Gentleman in the Eighteenth Century, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 346

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press

Release: 2009

ISBN: 0801895308

Description: PErin Mackie explores the shared histories of the modern polite English gentleman and other less respectable but no less celebrated eighteenth-century masculine types: the rake, the highwayman, and the pirate.pPMackie traces the emergence of these character types to the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, when traditional aristocratic authority was increasingly challenged. She argues that the development of the modern polite gentleman as a male archetype can only be fully comprehended when considered alongside figures of fallen nobility, which, although criminal, were also glamorous enough to reinforce the same ideological order.pPIn IEvelina/I's Lord Orville, IClarissa/I's Lovelace, IRookwood/I's Dick Turpin, and ICaleb Williams'/Is Falkland, Mackie reads the story of the ideal gentleman alongside that of the outlaw, revealing the parallel lives of these seemingly contradictory characters. Synthesizing the histories of masculinity, manners, and radicalism, IRakes, Highwaymen, and Pirates/I offers a fresh perspective on the eighteenth-century aristocratic male.pWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Rakes, Highwaymen, and Pirates: The Making of the Modern Gentleman in the Eighteenth Century. To get started finding Rakes, Highwaymen, and Pirates: The Making of the Modern Gentleman in the Eighteenth Century, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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