Men Beyond Desire: Manhood, Sex, and Violation in American Literature

by David Greven

Book Overview

This book explores the construction of male sexuality in nineteenth-century American literature and comes up with some startling findings. Far from desiring heterosexual sex and wishing to bond with other men through fraternity, the male protagonists of classic American literature mainly want to be left alone. Greven makes the claim that American men, eschewing both marriage and male friendship, strive to remain emotionally and sexually inviolate...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1137298081
• ISBN13: 9781137298089
• Release Date: December 2012
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 294 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.4"