Black, Barbara J., 1962-

A room of his own a literary-cultural study of Victorian clubland / [electronic resource] : Barbara Black. - Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, c2012. - x, 301 p. : ill.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

9780821444351 (electronic bk.)




English literature--History and criticism.--19th century
Literature and society--History--England--19th century.
Clubs--History.--England--London
Men--Books and reading--History--England--19th century.


London (England)--Intellectual life--19th century.


Electronic books.

PR461 / .B57 2012

820.9/008