The modern idea of Victorians is that they were emotionless
prudes, imprisoned by sexual repression and suffocating social
constraints; they expressed love and affection only within the
bounds of matrimony--if at all. And yet, a wealth of evidence
contradicting this idea has been hiding in plain sight for close to
a century. In "Manly Love," Axel Nissen turns to the novels and
short stories of Victorian America to uncover the widely overlooked
phenomenon of passionate friendships between men.
Nissen's examination of the literature of the period brings to
light a forgotten genre: the fiction of romantic friendship.
Delving into works by Mark Twain, Henry James, William Dean
Howells, and others, Nissen identifies the genre's unique features
and explores the connections between romantic friendships in
literature and in real life. Situating love between men at the
heart of Victorian culture, Nissen radically alters our
understanding of the American literary canon. And with its deep
insights into the emotional and intellectual life of the period,
"Manly Love" also offers a fresh perspective on nineteenth-century
America's attitudes toward love, friendship, marriage, and sex.
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