Writing men : literary masculinities from Frankenstein to the new man /

Comprising 14 individual case studies of work such as Heart of Darkness and Irvine Welsh's Marabou Stork Nightmares, this text gives a critical outline of the historical development of literary representations of masculinity.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Schoene-Harwood, Berthold
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, ©2000.
Temas:
English literature > History and criticism.
Men in literature.
Masculinity in literature.
Littérature anglaise > Histoire et critique.
Hommes dans la littérature.
Masculinité dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > General.
English literature.
Fictie.
Engels.
Mannelijkheid.
Mann > Motiv > Englische Literatur.
Englische Literatur > Motiv > Mann.
Literatur > Englisch > Motiv (Literatur) > Mann > Geschichte > 1818-1990.
Mann > Motiv (Literatur) > Englisch > Geschichte > 1818-1990.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • About man-making : Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
  • Kurtz's curse : Joseph Conrad's Heart of darkness
  • Grasping the boy : Henry James's The Turn of the screw
  • Boys armed with sticks : William Golding's Lord of the flies
  • The height of fashion : Anthony Burgess's A Clockwork orange
  • A pretty bad case of virginity : John Osborne's Look back in anger
  • The successful zombie : John Braine's Room at the top
  • Dams burst : Iain Banks's The Wasp factory
  • The exquisite negative of his sex : Angela Carter's The Passion of new Eve
  • This stiff state does not suit man : Alasdair Gray's 1982 Janine
  • The dark continent of masculinity : Irvine Welsh's Marabou stork nightmares
  • The u-turn of the father : Ian McEwan's The Child in time
  • Of ceremonies : Neil Bartlett's Ready to catch him should he fall.

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