Threatened masculinity from British fiction (1880-1915) to Cold War German cinema / Joseph P. Willis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Willis, Joseph P., author.

Contributor:

John G. Hartman Memorial Library Fund.

Series:

Among the Victorians and modernists

Among the Victorians and Modernists ; 16

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Adaptations.

Motion pictures--Social aspects.

History.

English fiction.

Germany.

Germany (West).

Motion pictures--Germany (West)--History.

Motion pictures.

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

English fiction--20th century--History and criticism.

English fiction--Adaptations--History and criticism.

Masculinity--Germany.

Masculinity.

Motion pictures--Social aspects--Germany--History--20th century.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

History.

Physical Description:

191 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Routledge, 2019.

Contents:

Introduction: theoretical framework for masculinity studies

The criminal as enemy of reason in Arthur Conan Doyle's "The speckled band" (1892) and Paul May's Das gefleckte band (1967)

Usurping the father in Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure island (1883) and Wolfgang Liebeneiner's Die schatzinsel (1966)

The arms race and self-determination in Erskine Childers' Riddle of the sands (1903) and Rainer Boldt's Das rätsel der sandbank (1985)

Mutual destruction and self-determination in Joseph Conrad's Victory (1915) and Vadim Glowna's Des teufels paradies (1986/1987).

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the John G. Hartman Memorial Library Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Willis, Joseph, author. Threatened masculinity from British fiction (1880-1915) to Cold-War German cinema

ISBN:

9780367210915

0367210916

OCLC:

1096216258