02569nam 2200613Ia 450 991045527110332120200520144314.01-317-15346-41-317-15345-61-282-29526-897866122952630-7546-9742-8(CKB)1000000000799638(EBL)476362(OCoLC)465330143(SSID)ssj0000293585(PQKBManifestationID)11195872(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000293585(PQKBWorkID)10273693(PQKB)10784428(MiAaPQ)EBC476362(Au-PeEL)EBL476362(CaPaEBR)ebr10331441(CaONFJC)MIL922557(EXLCZ)99100000000079963820090415d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrDefoe's fiction and manliness[electronic resource] contrary men /by Stephen H. GreggBurlington, VT Ashgate20091 online resource (208 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-7546-5605-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Introduction: Defoe, manliness and effeminacy; 1 'Complete' men, trade and history; 2 Born gentlemen and godly manliness; 3 Crusoe, toil and temptation; 4 A Journal of the Plague Year: godly manliness under stress; 5 Singleton, friendship and secrecy; 6 Colonel Jack and the perils of delusion; Conclusion: Contrary Men; Bibliography; IndexDefoe's Writings and Manliness is a timely intervention in Defoe studies and in the study of masculinity in eighteenth-century literature more generally. Arguing that Defoe's writings insistently returned to the issues of manliness and its contrary effeminacy, this book reveals how his writings drew upon and repeatedly tested the complex and diverse range of discourses through which masculinity was discussed in the period.Masculinity in literatureMen in literatureElectronic books.Masculinity in literature.Men in literature.823.5823.5-dc22Gregg Stephen H.1960-969243MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910455271103321Defoe's fiction and manliness2202331UNINA