The Romance of the New World: Gender and the Literary Formations of English Colonialism

by Joan Pong Linton

Book Overview

This book explores the lively interplay between popular romances and colonial narratives during a crucial period of English and colonial history. Joan Pong Linton argues that while the emergent romance figure of the husband embodies a new ideal of productive masculinity, colonial narratives, in putting this masculinity to the test, often contradict and raise doubts about the ideal. Study of these texts in the context of colonial experience reveals...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521594545
• ISBN13: 9780521594547
• Release Date: November 1998
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 284 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.7" x 9.1"