Masculinity in Male-Authored Fiction, 1950-2000: Keeping It Up

by Alice Ferrebe and Alice Ferrebe

Book Overview

Tracing the influence of masculinity on fictional form and theme through an era of dizzying social change, this timely new book conducts a close analysis of English novels selected for contrasting definitions of the male gender, from the allegedly Angry Young Men to the contemporary confessions of Nick Hornby. The literary period since 1950 is interpreted as one of intense political and stylistic negotiation by male authors with the gendered subject-positions...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349523038
• ISBN13: 9781349523030
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 221 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"