Until recently, "masculinity" and its impact on literary production and reception have received scant attention in the field of literary criticism. Although critics certainly have been interested in examining gender, they have tended to be far more concerned with the "feminine" side of the equation than with the "masculine." This book is an attempt to redress that imbalance. Positing that patriarchy victimizes men as well as women, the fifteen original essays in Out of Bounds explore how certain male writers from the ...
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Until recently, "masculinity" and its impact on literary production and reception have received scant attention in the field of literary criticism. Although critics certainly have been interested in examining gender, they have tended to be far more concerned with the "feminine" side of the equation than with the "masculine." This book is an attempt to redress that imbalance. Positing that patriarchy victimizes men as well as women, the fifteen original essays in Out of Bounds explore how certain male writers from the American and British canon have responded to the confines of the masculine code. The contributors apply a wide range of critical approaches and probe the gendered perspective in a variety of telling ways.
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Very good. Ex-library. xii, 344 p. : ill.; 24 cm. LCCN 90035674 Type of material Book Main title Out of bounds: male writers and gender(ed) criticism / edited by Laura Claridge and Elizabeth Langland. Published/Created Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, c1990. Description xii, 344 p. : ill.; 24 cm. ISBN 0870237349 (alk. paper) 0870237357 (pbk. : alk. paper) LC classification PR120. M45 O98 1990 Related names Claridge, Laura P. Langland, Elizabeth. LC Subjects English literature--Male authors--History and criticism. American literature--Male authors--History and criticism. Feminism and literature--English-speaking countries. Masculinity in literature. Femininity in literature. Patriarchy in literature. Sex role in literature. Men in literature. Notes Includes bibliographical references. Dewey class no. 810.9/9286 Geographic area code e-uk---n-us---
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Good. 1990 University of Massachusetts Press. Softcover. 344 pages. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Spine has one crease. Covers have light edge and surface wear. Covers curled at corners. One chapter, on Hardy's Tess of the d'Urbervilles, has underlining and margin notation in red ink on all 19 pages.
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Very Good. Clean and sturdy copy with unmarked text. Ex-libris with associated stamps and markings. Surface and edge wear throughout both covers. Gender Studies. BA.
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