Manliness and the Male Novelist in Victorian Literature

by Andrew Dowling

Book Overview

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?' In his introduction, Dowling defines Victorian masculinity in terms of discipline. He then addresses the central question of why an official ideal of manly discipline in the nineteenth century co-existed...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0754603806
• ISBN13: 9780754603801
• Release Date: December 2001
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 148 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"