Queensberry’s Misrule
Reputation, Celebrity, and the Idea of the Victorian Gentleman
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9637573 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Amy Milne‐smith (0000-0001-9330-8853, corresponding author), Amy Milne-Smith |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 48 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 277-306 |
| Publication date | 2013-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0008-4107 • E-ISSN: 2292-8502 |
| Publisher | University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.3138/cjh.48.2.277 |
| OpenAlex | W106552277 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 23 |
To Victorians, the Marquis of Queensberry was a well-known aristocrat. As the father of Lord Alfred Douglas and the nemesis of Oscar Wilde, Queensberry was the impetus behind Wilde’s legal troubles. He is also renowned as the eponym of boxing’s first, and most famous rulebook. As a man who flouted every prescription for gentlemanly conduct, he provoked a variety of reactions. The working-class response to the Marquis, for example, suggests a more complicated relationship between the aristocracy and labour than has previously been recognized. Queensberry’s lifestyle also pointed to an enduring aristocratic rakish subculture within the respectable British metropole; for his peers, his cardinal sin was not his unconventional behavior, but rather the publicity he sought and generated for it. This article draws on evidence from the British periodical press to explore ideas of the gentleman, reputation, and celebrity during the second half of the nineteenth century. A focus on Queensberry offers new insights into dominant social conventions and the emergence of modern celebrity culture
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| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |