A genealogy of the gentleman: women writers and masculinity in the eighteenth century, by

2025/06/23 by Irene Palencia Mora
Arts and Humanities · #Literature: history, themes, analysis

paper · doi:10.1080/09589236.2025.2522580

openalex publication_date 2025/06/23 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/14

Abstract

Can women write about men?It may seem like an outdated or self-evident question, but the answer is inscribed in a complex historical debate. Mary Beth Harris’s book, A genealogy of the gentleman: w...

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