Bibliograph

First among men, George Washington and the myth of American masculinity, Maurizio Valsania

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First among men, George Washington and the myth of American masculinity, Maurizio Valsania

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

First among men

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1310786200

Responsibility statement

Maurizio Valsania

Sub title

George Washington and the myth of American masculinity

Summary

"The first, definitive recasting of George Washington in the context of eighteenth-century practices and ideals of masculinity. It answers the fundamental question that no biography has ever asked in such a direct way: What do we know, really, about Washington as an actual eighteenth-century Virginia upper-class male?"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

The American giant -- Testing himself -- A taste for cruelty and war -- A body in pain -- Checking the body -- The love letters -- The meaning of love (and marriage) -- A sentimental male -- A maternal father -- A person of fine manners -- The message of his clothing -- Astride the great stage -- Consummation -- Giants die as well

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George Washington and the myth of American masculinity

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