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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452457003321

Autore

Gopinath Praseeda <1975->

Titolo

Scarecrows of chivalry [[electronic resource] ] : English masculinities after empire / / Praseeda Gopinath

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Charlottesville, : University of Virginia Press, 2013

ISBN

0-8139-3382-X

0-8139-3383-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (286 p.)

Disciplina

820.9/00914

Soggetti

English literature - 20th century - History and criticism

Masculinity in literature

Chivalry in literature

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.