Violent Masculinities - Male Aggression in Early Modern Texts and Culture (Hardcover, New)

During the early modern period in England, social expectations for men came under extreme pressure; the armed knight went into decline and humanism appeared. Here, original essays analyze a wide-range of violent acts in early modern literature and culture - everything from civic violence to chivalric combat; from verbal attacks to masochistic suffering; from political assassination to personal retaliation; and from brawls to battles. In so doing, they interrogate the seemingly inevitable connection between masculinity and aggression, placing it in a specific historical context and showing how differences of status, ethnicity, and sexual identity inform masculine ideals.

General

Imprint:	Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	November 2013
First published:	2013
Editors:	J. Feather • C. Thomas
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	273
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-1-137-34474-8
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > 16th to 18th centuries
LSN:	1-137-34474-1
Barcode:	9781137344748

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