{"id":3803,"date":"2019-02-21T18:12:47","date_gmt":"2019-02-21T18:12:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/rbx\/?p=3803"},"modified":"2019-02-21T18:12:47","modified_gmt":"2019-02-21T18:12:47","slug":"making-mr-darcy-cultural-context-for-the-regency-gentleman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/rbx\/2019\/02\/21\/making-mr-darcy-cultural-context-for-the-regency-gentleman\/","title":{"rendered":"Making Mr. Darcy: Cultural Context for the Regency Gentleman"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Curated by Lynne M. Thomas<\/h4>\n<h4>Feb 21 \u2013 May 24, 2019<\/h4>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3760 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/rbx\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2019\/01\/Walking-Dress-for-the-web-600px-wide-1.jpg\" alt=\"A paper doll of a regency man in walking dress.\" width=\"600\" height=\"694\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/rbx\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2019\/01\/Walking-Dress-for-the-web-600px-wide-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/rbx\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2019\/01\/Walking-Dress-for-the-web-600px-wide-1-259x300.jpg 259w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>On display in the Ellen and Nirmal Chatterjee Exhibition Gallery<\/h4>\n<p>Join us in The Rare Book &amp; Manuscript Library for our spring exhibition, \u201cMaking Mr. Darcy: Cultural Context for the Regency Gentleman,\u201d curated by\u00a0Lynne M. Thomas, Juanita J. and Robert E. Simpson Rare Book and Manuscript Professor.<\/p>\n<p>Many of us are initially introduced to the works of Jane Austen through modern television and film adaptations of her novels. In adaptations, a \u201cproper\u201d Regency gentleman may be easily created simply by casting a British actor with a posh \u201creceived pronunciation\u201d accent and a good costuming department. To be considered a gentleman in actual Regency society, however, was a different matter.<\/p>\n<p>Works selected for this exhibition illuminate how gentlemen contemporary to Jane Austen were educated, dressed, occupied themselves in work and leisure, participated in politics, and managed their love lives, providing additional context for Austen\u2019s characterizations of gentlemen, both admirable and troublesome.<\/p>\n<p>The exhibit is on view from February 21st, 2019, until May 24th, 2019. We invite you to attend our opening reception on February 21st for a lecture on the materials and the context surrounding them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Curated by Lynne M. Thomas Feb 21 \u2013 May 24, 2019 On display in the Ellen and Nirmal Chatterjee Exhibition Gallery Join us in The Rare Book &amp; Manuscript Library for our spring exhibition, \u201cMaking Mr. Darcy: Cultural Context for the Regency Gentleman,\u201d curated by\u00a0Lynne M. Thomas, Juanita J. and Robert E. Simpson Rare Book [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":423,"featured_media":3759,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[333,380,310],"class_list":["post-3803","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-exhibits","tag-jane-austen","tag-regency"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/rbx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3803","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/rbx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/rbx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/rbx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/423"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/rbx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3803"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/rbx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3803\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3805,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/rbx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3803\/revisions\/3805"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/rbx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3759"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/rbx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/rbx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3803"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/rbx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}