1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910786990703321

Autore

Milward Alan S.

Titolo

The economic development of continental Europe 1780-1870 / / Alan S. Milward and S. B. Saul

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2011

ISBN

1-136-62588-7

0-203-80230-6

1-136-62589-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (552 p.)

Collana

Routledge revivals

Altri autori (Persone)

SaulS. B

Disciplina

330.94028

Soggetti

Europe Economic conditions 19th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Second edition published in 1979 by George Allen and Unwin Limited.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. The European economy in the late eighteenth century -- 2. Population growth and migration -- 3. Technological change -- 4. The French revolution and the continental system -- 5. The economic development of France 1815-70 -- 6. The economic development of Germany 1815-70 -- 7. The economic development of Belgium and Switzerland in the early nineteenth century -- 8. The economic development of Scandinavia.

Sommario/riassunto

Upon its initial publication in 1973 this was the first textbook to present a unified view and comprehensive treatment of the economic development of Europe from a continental rather than a British perspective. At the same time, it is more than mere textbook: it is an interpretive analysis of a wide range of research on the subject in many countries which explores the objective validity of earlier theories and provides an ideal starting point for further research into economic development and European history.The work deals mainly with Western Europe, but in principally studying both



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910787540303321

Autore

Person Leland S

Titolo

Henry James and the suspense of masculinity / / Leland S. Person

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, cop. 2003

ISBN

0-8122-0323-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Disciplina

813/.4

Soggetti

Homosexualitat i literatura

Homes en la literatura

Novel·la psicològica anglesa - Història i crítica

Masculinitat en la literatura

Rol sexual en la literatura

Llibres electrònics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [193]-202) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Introduction: Henry James And The Plural Terms Of Masculinity -- 1. Configuring Male Desire And Identity In Roderick Hudson -- 2 Nursing The Thunderbolt Of Manhood In The American -- 3 Sheathing The Sword Of Gentle Manhood In The Portrait Of A Lady -- 4 Reconstructing Masculinity In The Bostonians -- 5 Deploying Homo-Aesthetic Desire In The Tales Of Writers And Artists -- 6 The Paradox Of Masochistic Manhood In The Golden Bowl -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index -- Acknowledgments

Sommario/riassunto

Using insights from feminist studies, men's studies, and gay and queer studies, Leland Person examines Henry James's subversion of male identity and the challenges he poses to conventional constructs of heterosexual masculinity. Sexual and gender categories proliferated in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and Person argues that James exploited the taxonomic confusion of the times to experiment with alternative sexual and gender identities. In contrast to scholars who have tried to give a single label to James's sexuality, Person argues that establishing James's gender and sexual identity is less important than examining the novelist's shaping of male characters and his richly metaphorical language as an experiment in gender and sexual



theorizing. Just as an author's creations can be animated by his or her own sexuality, Person contends, James's sexuality may be most usefully understood as something primarily aesthetic and textual. As Person shows in chapters devoted to some of this author's best-known novels-Roderick Hudson, The American, The Portrait of a Lady, The Bostonians, The Ambassadors, The Golden Bowl-James conducts a series of experiments in gender/sexual construction and deconstruction. He delights in positioning his male characters so that their gender and sexual orientations are reversed, ambiguous, and even multiple. Ultimately, he keeps male identity in suspense by pluralizing male subjectivity.