Men beyond desire
Subtitle: manhood, sex, and violation in American literature
By: David Greven.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 294
Subjects: American literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism.; Masculinity in literature.; Social isolation in literature.; Self-control in literature.; Chastity in literature.; Sex role in literature.; Violence in literature.; Desire in literature.; Sex in literature.; Men in literature.
Description: "Far from desiring heterosexual sex and wishing to bond with other men through fraternity, the male protagonists of classic American literature mainly want to be left alone. In Men Beyond Desire, David Greven makes the claim that American men, eschewing both marriage and male friendship, strive to remain emotionally and sexually inviolate. Examining the work of traditional authors, including Hawthorne, Poe, Melville, Cooper, Irving, and Stowe, Greven discovers highly untraditional and transgressive representations of desire and sexuality. Objects of desire from both women and other men, the inviolate males discussed in this study overturn established gendered and sexual categories, just as this study overturns archetypal assumptions about American manhood and American literature."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [277]-286) and index.