Scarecrows of Chivalry : English Masculinities after Empire /

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Exploring the fate of the ideal of the English gentleman once the empire he was meant to embody declined, the author argues that the stylization of English masculinity became the central theme, focus, and conceit for many literary texts that represented the "condition of Britain" in the 19...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Gopinath, Praseeda, 1975-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2013.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Masculinity in literature.
English literature.
Chivalry in literature.
Knights and knighthood in literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Chevalerie dans la litterature.
Masculinite dans la litterature.
Litterature anglaise > 20e siecle > Histoire et critique.
English literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : English masculinities in transition
  • Manly independent men : (de)constructing the English gentleman
  • Out of place : Evelyn Waugh and the retreating gentleman
  • An orphaned manliness : George Orwell and the Bovex man
  • "One of those old-type natural fouled-up guys" : posting the gentleman in Philip Larkin's poetry
  • "Moulded and shaped" : John Wain, Ian Fleming, and threshold masculinities
  • Writing women, reading men : A.S. Byatt, Barbara Pym, and the post-gentlemen
  • Epilogue : The postcolonial gentleman.

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