Dandies and Desert Saints
Download or Read eBook Dandies and Desert Saints PDF written by James Eli Adams and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2018-07-05 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : James Eli Adams |
| Publisher | : Cornell University Press |
| Total Pages | : 264 |
| Release | : 2018-07-05 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9781501720437 |
| ISBN-13 | : 1501720430 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (37 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Dandies and Desert Saints by : James Eli Adams
Book excerpt: A Choice "Outstanding Academic Book for 1996"While drawing on work in feminism, queer theory, and cultural history, Dandies and Desert Saints challenges scholars to rethink simplistic notions of Victorian manhood. James Eli Adams examines masculine identity in Victorian literature from Thomas Carlyle through Oscar Wilde, analyzing authors who identify the age's ideal of manhood as the power of self-discipline. What distinguishes Adams's book from others in the recent explosion of interest in masculinity is his refusal to approach masculinity primarily in terms of "patriarchy" or "phallogocentrism" or within the binary of homosexualities and heterosexualities.
