Title Becoming centaur : eighteenth-century masculinity and English horsemanship / Monica Mattfeld

Published University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2017] ©2017

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Description 1 online resource Series Animalibus: of animals and cultures Animalibus. Contents William Cavendish and Hobbesian horsemanship -- Riding houses and polite equestrianism -- Astley's amphitheatre -- Henry William Bunbury and the mock manuals of horsemanship Summary "Explores the history of horse-human relationships over the long eighteenth century, and how these relationships in turn influenced performances of gender. Examines the agential influence of horses in their riders' lives, horses on stage and the early circus, and the politicization of human-animal being"--Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed March 28, 2017) Subject Horsemanship -- England -- History -- 18th century Horsemen and horsewomen -- England -- History -- 18th century Human-animal relationships -- England -- History -- 18th century Masculinity -- England -- History -- 18th century SPORTS & RECREATION -- Equestrian. HISTORY -- Modern -- 18th Century. Horsemanship Horsemen and horsewomen Human-animal relationships Masculinity England Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780271079745 0271079746 9780271079721 027107972X

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