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Rakes, highwaymen, and pirates the making of the modern gentleman in the eighteenth century

Title
Rakes, highwaymen, and pirates [electronic resource] : the making of the modern gentleman in the eighteenth century / Erin Mackie.
Author
Mackie, Erin Skye, 1959-
Publication
Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009.

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Description
1 online resource (x, 231 p.)
Uniform Title
Rakes, highwaymen, and pirates (Online)
Alternative Title
Rakes, highwaymen, and pirates (Online)
Subject
  • Burney, Fanny, 1752-1840
  • Godwin, William, 1756-1836
  • English literature > 18th century > History and criticism
  • Masculinity in literature
  • Literature and society > England > History > 18th century
  • Libertines in literature
  • Adventure and adventurers in literature
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [193]-224) and index.
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  • Access restricted to authorized users.
Contents
Historicizing masculinity: the criminal and the gentleman -- Always making excuses: the rake and criminality -- Romancing the highwayman -- Welcome the outlaw: pirates, maroons, and Caribbean countercultures -- Privacy and ideology: elite male crime in Burney's Evelina and Godwin's Caleb Williams.
LCCN
2008022422
OCLC
ssj0000342109
Author
Mackie, Erin Skye, 1959-
Title
Rakes, highwaymen, and pirates [electronic resource] : the making of the modern gentleman in the eighteenth century / Erin Mackie.
Imprint
Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [193]-224) and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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Available onsite at NYPL
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