| The Perfect Gentleman: Masculine Control in Victorian Men's Fiction, 1870-1901 Contributor(s): Hewitt, Regina L. (Editor), Waters, Karen V. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0820448885 ISBN-13: 9780820448886 Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi OUR PRICE: $28.45 Product Type: Paperback Published: September 1999 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Great Britain - General - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
| Series: Studies in Nineteenth-Century British Literature |
| Physical Information: 171 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Perfect Gentleman sees the construct of the gentleman in the last third of the nineteenth century as a key to understanding the dynamics of patriarchy and the instability of gender roles. Through close readings of fiction by men, the author critiques the idea of the gentleman as a model for masculine control and examines the benefits, costs, and systems for maintaining control as they surface in the literature. |