A Room of His Own: A Literary-Cultural Study of Victorian ClublandIn nineteenth-century London, a clubbable man was a fortunate man, indeed. The Reform, the Athenaeum, the Travellers, the Carlton, the United Service are just a few of the gentlemen’s clubs that formed the exclusive preserve known as “clubland” in Victorian London—the City of Clubs that arose during the Golden Age of Clubs. Why were these associations for men only such a powerful emergent institution in nineteenth-century London? Distinctly British, how did these single-sex clubs help fashion men, foster a culture of manliness, and assist in the project of nation building? What can elite male affiliative culture tell us about nineteenth-century Britishness? |
Contents
1 A Night at the Club | |
2 Conduct Befitting a Gentleman | |
3 Clublands Special Correspondents | |
4 Membership Has Its Privileges | |
5 The Pleasure of Your Company in LateVictorian Pall Mall | |
6 A World of Men | |
A Room of Her Own | |
Notes | |
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A Room of His Own: A Literary-Cultural Study of Victorian Clubland Barbara Black No preview available - 2014 |
A Room of His Own: A Literary-Cultural Study of Victorian Clubland Barbara Black No preview available - 2013 |