Writing men
Subtitle: literary masculinities from Frankenstein to the new man
By: Berthold Schoene-Harwood.
Publisher: Edinburgh University Prtess
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Edinburgh
Language: eng
Number of pages: 201
Subjects: Masculinity in literature.; English literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism.; English literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-194) and index.
Table of contents: title: About man-making : Mary Shelley's Frankenstein; title: Kurtz's curse : Joseph Conrad's Heart of darkness; title: Grasping the boy : Henry James's The Turn of the screw; title: Boys armed with sticks : William Golding's Lord of the flies; title: The height of fashion : Anthony Burgess's A Clockwork orange; title: A pretty bad case of virginity : John Osborne's Look back in anger; title: The successful zombie : John Braine's Room at the top; title: Dams burst : Iain Banks's The Wasp factory; title: The exquisite negative of his sex : Angela Carter's The Passion of new Eve; title: This stiff state does not suit man : Alasdair Gray's 1982 Janine; title: The dark continent of masculinity : Irvine Welsh's Marabou stork nightmares; title: The u-turn of the father : Ian McEwan's The Child in time; title: Of ceremonies : Neil Bartlett's Ready to catch him should he fall.