Disenchanted modernity in Robert Kroetsch's The studhorse man : biology and culture; sex and gender; eugenics and contraception; writing and reading /
Zichy, Francis,1946-
New York ; Oxford : Peter Lang,
c2010.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Modernity and disenchantment -- Contexts and critics -- Who gave Hazard Lepage his first horse? or, answering questions with questions -- Who is Demeter Proudfoot? eugenics, sterilization, and contraception -- Naming "the studhorse man himself" -- Did Demeter's mother know greek mythology? -- The Acts of the Apostles -- Sex and gender in The studhorse man -- Being not so clearly male in The studhorse man -- "Men in love", part I -- "Men in love", part II: obsession as liberation -- Smoking a peace pipe with the poundkeeper -- The artist's salvation, and the natural man's destiny -- "Four fingers and a thumb": sex, breeding, and love -- The penis cannot make water lilies: God, nature, culture, and modernity -- Conclusion: death and the phallus in The studhorse man.
Kroetsch, Robert, 1927-
Gender identity in literature.
Masculinity in literature.
Postmodernism (Literature)