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Author:

Haggerty, George E.

Title:

Horace Walpole's letters : masculinity and friendship in the eighteenth century / George E. Haggerty.

Publisher:

Bucknell University Press ;

Copyright Date:

c2011

Description:

ix, 176 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Walpole, Horace,--1717-1797--Correspondence.
Authors, English--18th century--Correspondence.
English letters--History and criticism.
Masculinity in literature.
Friendship in literature.
Masculinity--England--History--18th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction: Horace Walpole's epistolary relations -- Horace Walpole's epistolary friendships -- Horace Walpole on the grand tour -- Strawberry Hill: architecture, friendship, and the erotics of collecting -- Illness and intimacy in the letters between Horace Walpole and William Cole -- Art, politics, and friendship in the letters between Horace Walpole and Horace Mann -- Walpole and women: the Countess of Upper Ossory and Mary Berry.

Series:

Transits : literature, thought & culture 1650-1850

ISBN:

0838758177 (alk. paper)
9780838758175 (alk. paper)
1611480116 (electronic)
9781611480115 (electronic)
1611480108 (cloth : alk. paper)
9781611480108 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)611964686

LCCN:

2010017663

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)