Manly leaders in nineteenth-century British literature / Daniela Garofalo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Garofalo, Daniela, 1968-

Series:

SUNY series, studies in the long nineteenth century.

SUNY series, studies in the long nineteenth century

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English literature--19th century--History and criticism.

English literature.

Masculinity in literature.

Men in literature.

Leadership in literature.

Sex role in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (226 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Examines fantasies of charismatic, virile leaders in British literature from the 1790s to the 1840s.

Contents:

Intro

Manly Leaders in Nineteenth-Century British Literature

Contents

Acknowledgments

1. Introduction: Fantasies of National Virility and William Wordsworth's Poet Leader

2. "A Left-Handed Way": Modern Masters in William Godwin's Caleb Williams

3. Political Seductions: The Show of War in Lord Byron's Sardanapalus

4. Sublime Democracy and the Theater of Violence: Authoritarianism in William Hazlitt's: The Life of Napoleon Buonaparte

5. Communities in Mourning: Making Capital Out of Loss in Thomas Carlyle'sPast and Present and Heroes

6. "To Please a Woman Worthy of Being Pleased": Darcymania in Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice

7. Dependent Masters and Independent Servants: The Gothic Pleasures of British Homes in Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre

Notes

Bibliography

Index

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Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-209) and index.

ISBN:

9780791478783

0791478785

9781435641204

1435641205

OCLC:

225149492