Out of Bounds: Male Writers and Gender(ed) Criticism

by Laura Claridge

Book Overview

Until recently, "masculinity" and its impact on literary production and reception have received scant attention in the field of literary criticism. Although critics certainly have been interested in examining gender, they have tended to be far more concerned with the "feminine" side of the equation than with the "masculine." This book is an attempt to redress that imbalance. Positing that patriarchy victimizes men as well as women, the fifteen original...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0870237357
• ISBN13: 9780870237355
• Release Date: December 1990
• Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"