Manhood and the Duel - Masculinity in Early Modern Drama and Culture (Hardcover, 2003 ed.)

As cultural practice, the early modern duel both indicated and shaped the gender assumptions of wealthy young men; it served, in fact, as a nexus for different, often competing, notions of masculinity. As Jennifer Low illustrates by examining the aggression inherent in single combat, masculinity could be understood in spatial terms, social terms, or developmental terms. Low considers each category, developing a corrective to recent analyses of gender in early modern culture by scrutinizing the relationship between social rank and the understanding of masculinity. Reading a variety of documents, including fencing manuals and anti-dueling tracts as well as plays by Shakespeare, Jonson, Middleton, and other dramatists, she demonstrates the interaction between the duel as practice, as stage-device, and as locus of early modern cultural debate.

General

Imprint:	Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Early Modern Cultural Studies 1500-1700
Release date:	May 2003
First published:	2003
Authors:	J. Low
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	238
Edition:	2003 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-1-4039-6130-3
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > 16th to 18th centuries Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1500 to 1750 Books > Humanities > History > European history > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > History > European history > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > History > World history > 1500 to 1750 Promotions
LSN:	1-4039-6130-1
Barcode:	9781403961303

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