Defoe's writings and manliness : contrary men /
Defoe'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 wri...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Farnham, England ; Burlington, VT :
Ashgate,
©2009.
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
| Summary: | Defoe'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. |
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| Item Description: | EBSCO eBook Academic Comprehensive Collection North America |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (197 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-190) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780754697428 0754697428 9780754656050 0754656055 1282295268 9781282295261 |
