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Scarecrows of chivalry English masculinities after empire
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Scarecrows of chivalry [electronic resource] : English masculinities after empire / Praseeda Gopinath.
ISBN
9780813933825 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
9780813933818 (cloth : acid-free paper)
9780813933832 (e-book)
Published
Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2013.
Physical Description
x, 274 p.
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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
April 01, 2015
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction: English masculinities in transition
Manly independent men: (de)constructing the English gentleman
Out of place: Evelyn Waugh and the retreating gentleman
An orphaned manliness: George Orwell and the Bovex man
"One of those old-type natural fouled-up guys": posting the gentleman in Philip Larkin's poetry
"Moulded and shaped": John Wain, Ian Fleming, and threshold masculinities
Writing women, reading men: A. S. Byatt, Barbara Pym, and the post-gentlemen
Epilogue: The postcolonial gentleman.
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