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Title: THE IMAGE OF MANHOOD IN EARLY MODERN LITERATURE
VIEWING THE MALE
By: Andrew P. Williams
Format: Hardback

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ISBN 10: 0313307660
ISBN 13: 9780313307669
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Publisher: ABC-CLIO
Pub. date: 30 April, 1999
Series: Contributions to the Study of World Literature No. 95
Pages: 216
Description: This volume explores the various strategies used by early modern writers to represent masculinity. The chapters demonstrate how significant literary texts of the period provided not only idealized images of early modern manhood but also contesting ones.
Synopsis: The numerous and multifaceted ways in which masculinities emerge and are expressed within cultures prompt a broad ranging examination and reconsideration of what it means to be a man. Within the study of masculinity, the early modern period stands between the Renaissance, when conceptions of manhood were primarily dominated by chivalric and humanistic traditions, and the latter half of the 18th century, which marked the beginnings of modern conceptions of masculine identity. But rather than a transitional period, the early modern era was a key moment in the evolutionary dynamics of masculine representation. Political forces, such as the Puritan revolution, the Restoration, and the shift in power from the courtier class to the growing middle class forced a reconsideration of the masculine ideal in light of the experiences of the masses. At the same time, the emergence of print culture provided a means of transmitting the new masculine ideal, and literature of the period reflected the changing notions of masculinity. The chapters in this volume explore the various strategies used by early modern writers to represent masculinity.Together, the expert contributors offer a broad perspective on the social and political dynamics of early modern masculine identity. Included are chapters on such writers as Thomas Carew, Andrew Marvell, Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher, John Dryden, Daniel Defoe, and Samuel Richardson. Though incorporating a variety of critical approaches, the contributors all explore the inherent anxiety associated with masculinity and its representation. The chapters demonstrate how significant literary texts of the period provided not only idealized images of early modern manhood but also contesting ones. By focusing on the literary, historical, and social dynamics which construct cultural perceptions of masculinity, this volume ultimately illustrates the literary representation of manhood in the early modern period to be a dynamic and evolving process which often challenged Western notions of what it means to be a man.
Illustrations: black & white illustrations
Publication: US
Imprint: Greenwood Press
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