The Gentleman's Magazine was the leading eighteenth-century periodical. By integrating the magazine's history, readers and contents this study shows how 'gentlemanliness' was reshaped to accommodate their social and political ambitions.

Autorentext
Gillian Williamson read Classics at the University of Cambridge, UK, and worked as a corporate finance adviser in London. She returned to academic study after editing a lottery-funded local history book, and also contributed to The Victoria History of Essex: Newport (2015).

Inhalt
Introduction

1. Gentlemanly Masculinity
2. The History of the Gentleman ' 's Magazine, 1731-1815
3. Readers and Contributors
4. Gentlemanly Masculinity in the Gentleman ' 's Magazine, 1731-1756
5. Gentlemanly Masculinity in the Gentleman ' 's Magazine, 1757-1789
6. Gentlemanly Masculinity in the Gentleman ' 's Magazine, 1790-1815
7. Conclusion