Dandies and Desert Saints: Modernity and the Memory Crisis

by James Eli Adams

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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...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0801482089

ISBN13:9780801482083

Release Date:December 1995

Publisher:Cornell University Press

Length:264 Pages

Weight:0.75 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 6.1" x 9.0"

Age Range:18 years and up

Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher

Related Subjects

Criticism & Theory England Europe Gay & Lesbian History History & Criticism Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Literature & Fiction Men

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