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A room of his own : a literary-cultural study of Victorian clubland

Title
A room of his own : a literary-cultural study of Victorian clubland / Barbara Black.
Author
Black, Barbara J., 1962-
Publication
Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, ©2012.

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Description
x, 301 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Summary
In 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? A Room of his Own sheds light on the mysterious ways of male associational culture as it examines such topics as fraternity, nostalgia, social capital, celebrity, and male professionalism. London's clubland - this all-important room of his own - comes to life as Barbara Black explores its literary representations and the important social and cultural work that this urban sites enacts. -- from back cover.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Criticism, interpretation, etc.
  • History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction: The man in the club window -- A night at the club -- Conduct befitting a gentleman: mid-Victorian clubdom and the novel -- Clubland's special correspondents -- Membership has its privileges: the imperial clubman at home and away -- The pleasure of your company in late-Victorian Pall Mall -- A world of men: an elegy for clubbability -- Epilogue: A room of her own.
ISBN
  • 9780821420164
  • 082142016X
  • 9780821444351
  • 0821444352
  • 9780821420942
  • 0821420941
LCCN
  • 2012033506
  • 40021822673
OCLC
  • ocn793221837
  • 793221837
  • SCSB-14503494
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library