| Dandies and Desert Saints: Modernity and the Memory Crisis Contributor(s): Adams, James Eli (Author) |
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ISBN: 0801482089 ISBN-13: 9780801482083 Publisher: Cornell University Press OUR PRICE: $36.58 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 1995 Annotation: While drawing on work in feminism, queer theory, and cultural history, 'Dandies and Desert Saints' challenges scholars to rethink simplistic notions of Victorian manhood. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Social Science | Men's Studies |
| Dewey: 820.935 |
| LCCN: 95-11320 |
| Lexile Measure: 1500 |
| Physical Information: 0.63" H x 6.07" W x 9.02" (0.83 lbs) 264 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles - Sex & Gender - Gay |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A Choice Outstanding Academic Book for 1996While drawing on work in feminism, queer theory, and cultural history, Dandies and Desert Saints challenges scholars to rethink simplistic notions of Victorian manhood. James Eli Adams examines masculine identity in Victorian literature from Thomas Carlyle through Oscar Wilde, analyzing authors who identify the age's ideal of manhood as the power of self-discipline. What distinguishes Adams's book from others in the recent explosion of interest in masculinity is his refusal to approach masculinity primarily in terms of patriarchy or phallogocentrism or within the binary of homosexualities and heterosexualities. |
Contributor Bio(s): Adams, James Eli: - James Eli Adams is Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University. He is the author of A History of Victorian Literature. |