Mackie, Erin Skye. Rakes, highwaymen, and pirates : the making of the modern gentleman in the eighteenth century

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Creator

Mackie, Erin Skye, 1959-

Date

2009

Location

Baltimore
Maryland

Media format

Printed text

Extent

x, 231 p.

Language

English

Size

24 cm

Reference IDs

Folger bibliographic ID: 235499
Folger call number: PR448.M37 M33 2009
Folger holdings ID: 289194

Notes

General notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [193]-224) and index

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

Also known as

Extended title: Rakes, highwaymen, and pirates : the making of the modern gentleman in the eighteenth century / Erin Mackie

Subjects

English literature Masculinity in literature Literature and society Libertines in literature Adventure and adventurers in literature Burney, Fanny, 1752-1840. Evelina Godwin, William, 1756-1836. Things as they are

Related names

author: Mackie, Erin Skye, 1959-