Defoe's Writings and Manliness is a timely intervention in Defoe
studies and in the study of masculinity in eighteenth-century
literature more generally. Arguing that Defoe's writings
insistently returned to the issues of manliness and its contrary,
effeminacy, this book reveals how he drew upon a complex and
diverse range of discourses through which masculinity was discussed
in the period. It is for this reason that this book crosses over
and moves between modern paradigms for the analysis of
eighteenth-century masculinity to assess Defoe's men. A combination
of Defoe's clarity of vision, a spirit of contrariness and a streak
of moral didacticism resulted in an idiosyncratic and restless
testing of the forces surrounding his period's ideas of manliness.
Defoe's men are men, but they are never unproblematically so: they
display a contrariness which indicates that a failure of manliness
is never very far away.
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
Welcome to Loot.co.za!
Sign in / Register |Wishlists & Gift Vouchers |Help | Advanced search
