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Scarecrows of chivalry : English masculinities after empire / Praseeda Gopinath.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gopinath, Praseeda, 1975-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English literature--20th century--History and criticism.
- English literature.
- Masculinity in literature.
- Chivalry in literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (286 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Gopinath's study of this masculine ideal under duress reveals the ways in which issues of race, class, and sexuality constructed a gendered narrative of the nation.
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780813933825
- 081393382X
- 9780813933832
- 0813933838
- OCLC:
- 831625659
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