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Autore |
Gopinath Praseeda <1975-> |
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Titolo |
Scarecrows of chivalry [[electronic resource] ] : English masculinities after empire / / Praseeda Gopinath |
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Charlottesville, : University of Virginia Press, 2013 |
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ISBN |
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0-8139-3382-X |
0-8139-3383-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (286 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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English literature - 20th century - History and criticism |
Masculinity in literature |
Chivalry in literature |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction: English masculinities in transition -- Manly independent men: (de)constructing the English gentleman -- Out of place: Evelyn Waugh and the retreating gentleman -- An orphaned manliness: George Orwell and the Bovex man -- "One of those old-type natural fouled-up guys": posting the gentleman in Philip Larkin's poetry -- "Moulded and shaped": John Wain, Ian Fleming, and threshold masculinities -- Writing women, reading men: A. S. Byatt, Barbara Pym, and the post-gentlemen -- Epilogue: The postcolonial gentleman. |
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