Manly leaders in nineteenth-century British literature [[electronic resource] /] / Daniela Garofalo

• Autore: Garofalo Daniela <1968->
• Pubblicazione: Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2008
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (226 p.)
• Disciplina: 820.9/353
• Soggetto topico: English literature - 19th century - History and criticism; Masculinity in literature; Men in literature; Leadership in literature; Sex role in literature
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-209) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Manly Leaders in Nineteenth-Century British Literature -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction: Fantasies of National Virility and William Wordsworth's Poet Leader -- 2. "A Left-Handed Way": Modern Masters in William Godwin's Caleb Williams -- 3. Political Seductions: The Show of War in Lord Byron's Sardanapalus -- 4. Sublime Democracy and the Theater of Violence: Authoritarianism in William Hazlitt's: The Life of Napoleon Buonaparte -- 5. Communities in Mourning: Making Capital Out of Loss in Thomas Carlyle'sPast and Present and Heroes -- 6. "To Please a Woman Worthy of Being Pleased": Darcymania in Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice -- 7. Dependent Masters and Independent Servants: The Gothic Pleasures of British Homes in Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z.
• Sommario/riassunto: Examines fantasies of charismatic, virile leaders in British literature from the 1790s to the 1840s.
• Titolo autorizzato: Manly leaders in nineteenth-century British literature
• ISBN: 0-7914-7878-5; 1-4356-4120-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910823981503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: SUNY series, studies in the long nineteenth century.