The Perfection of Horse-Manship

Review of Monica Mattfeld, Becoming Centaur:Eighteenth-Century Masculinity and English Horsemanship

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  • Richard Nash Indiana University

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https://doi.org/10.52537/humanimalia.9625

Abstract

Monica Mattfeld. Becoming Centaur: Eighteenth-Century Masculinity and English Horsemanship. University Park, PA: Penn State University Press, 2016. 288 pp. $99.95 (hc).

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Richard Nash, Indiana University

Richard Nash, Professor of English at Indiana University, is co-author of The Heath and The Horse: A History of Racing and Art on Newmarket Heath (2015), as well as several articles and books on eighteenth-century English literature and culture. He continues working on a revisionist account of the early history of the sport of horse racing.

John Michael Rysbrack, 1694–1770, Flemish, active in Britain (from 1720), Study of a Horse's Head, undated, Black ink, gray and brown wash over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, B1981.25.2688.

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Published

2017-09-22

How to Cite

Nash, Richard. 2017. “The Perfection of Horse-Manship: Review of Monica Mattfeld, Becoming Centaur:Eighteenth-Century Masculinity and English Horsemanship”. Humanimalia 9 (1):186-90. https://doi.org/10.52537/humanimalia.9625.

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