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Domesticated Bachelors and Femininity in Victorian Novels (Paperback)
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Domesticated Bachelors and Femininity in Victorian Novels (Paperback)
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Domestic issues, chastity, morality, marriage and love are concerns
we typically associate with Victorian female characters. But what
happens when men in Victorian novels begin to engage in this type
of feminine discourse? While we are familiar with certain Victorian
women seeking freedom by moving beyond the domestic sphere, there
is an equally interesting movement by the domestic man into the
private space through his performance of femininity. This book
defines the domesticated bachelor, examines the effects of the
blurring of boundaries between the public and private spheres, and
traces the evolution of the public discourse on masculinity in
novels such as Bronte's Shirley, Braddon's Lady Audley's Secret,
Eliot's Daniel Deronda, and Stevenson's The Strange Case of Dr.
Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. This bachelor, along with his female
counterpart, the New Woman, opens up for discussion new definitions
of Victorian masculinity and gender boundaries and blurs the rigid
distinction between the gendered spaces thought to be in place
during the Victorian period.
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