Dandies and Desert Saints : Styles of Victorian Masculinity /

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A Choice "Outstanding Academic Book for 1996"While drawing on work in feminism, queer theory, and cultural history, Dandies and Desert Saints challenges scholars to rethink simplistic notions of Victorian manhood. James Eli Adams examines masculine identity in Victorian literature from Tho...

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Autor principal: Adams, James Eli (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2018]
Temas:
Aestheticism (Literature).
Dandies in literature.
English literature > Male authors > History and criticism.
English literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
Gender identity in literature.
Masculinity in literature.
Men in literature.
Patriarchy in literature.
Sex role in literature.
Europe.
Literary Studies.
LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. Dandies and Prophets: Spectacles of Victorian Masculinity
  • 2. "A Sort of Masonry": Secrecy and "Manliness" in Early Victorian Brotherhoods
  • 3. Imagining the Science of Renunciation: Manhood and Abasement in Kingsley and Tennyson
  • 4. Muscular Aestheticism: Masculine Authority and the Male Body
  • 5. Gentleman, Dandy, Priest: Masks and Masculinity in Pater's Aestheticism
  • Afterword
  • Works Cited
  • Index

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