Manliness and the male novelist in Victorian literature / Andrew Dowling.
Manliness and the male novelist in Victorian literature / Andrew Dowling.
Manliness and the male novelist in Victorian literature / Andrew Dowling.
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Publisher
Aldershot, Hampshire ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2001.
Call Numbers
N823.80935/10
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
viii, 139 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
1. Victorian Metaphors of Manliness -- 2. Dickens, Manliness, and the Myth of the Romantic Artist -- 3. Masculinity and its Discontents in Dickens's David Copperfield -- 4. Homosocial Bohemia in Thackeray's Pendennis -- 5. Masculinity and Work in Trollope's An Autobiography -- 6. Masculine Failure i...
Publication information
Publisher
Aldershot, Hampshire ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2001.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
c2001.
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Scope and Contents
Summary
"The purpose of this book is to address two principal questions: 'Was the concept of masculinity a topic of debate for the Victorians?' and 'Why is Victorian literature full of images of male deviance when Victorian masculinity is defined by discipline?'" "By analysing how Victorian literary texts both reveal and reconcile historical anxieties abou...
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Full title
Manliness and the male novelist in Victorian literature / Andrew Dowling.
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Notes
General note
The nineteenth century series.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [122]-130) and index.
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Date Copyright
c2001.
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N823.80935/10
Record Identifier
74VKPEmv7Egl
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKPEmv7Egl
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ISBN
0754603806
9780754603801
DDC
823.809352041
MMS ID
991019659319702626
