Masculinity and the English working class
Subtitle: studies in Victorian autobiography and fiction
By: Ying S. Lee
Series: Literary criticism and cultural theory
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 252
ISBN-13: 9780415981460
Subjects: English prose literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism; Autobiography; Working class in literature; Masculinity in literature; Autobiographical fiction, English -- History and criticism; Working class writings, English -- History and criticism; Authors, English -- 19th century -- Biography
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-246) and index
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Gender and genre; title: In gentleman's service: Diary of William Tayler, footman, 1837 and The Pickwick papers; title: Representing the working man: The autobiography of a working man and Mary Barton; title: Autodidacts and men of letters: My story and Alton Locke; title: Other "others": Incidents in a Gipsy's life