Scarecrows of chivalry
Gopinath, Praseeda, 1975-
Scarecrows of chivalry English masculinities after empire / [electronic resource] : Praseeda Gopinath. - Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2013. - x, 274 p.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: English masculinities in transition -- Manly independent men: (de)constructing the English gentleman -- Out of place: Evelyn Waugh and the retreating gentleman -- An orphaned manliness: George Orwell and the Bovex man -- "One of those old-type natural fouled-up guys": posting the gentleman in Philip Larkin's poetry -- "Moulded and shaped": John Wain, Ian Fleming, and threshold masculinities -- Writing women, reading men: A. S. Byatt, Barbara Pym, and the post-gentlemen -- Epilogue: The postcolonial gentleman.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
English literature--History and criticism.--20th century
Masculinity in literature.
Chivalry in literature.
Electronic books.
PR478.M34 / G67 2013eb
820.9/00914
Scarecrows of chivalry English masculinities after empire / [electronic resource] : Praseeda Gopinath. - Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2013. - x, 274 p.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: English masculinities in transition -- Manly independent men: (de)constructing the English gentleman -- Out of place: Evelyn Waugh and the retreating gentleman -- An orphaned manliness: George Orwell and the Bovex man -- "One of those old-type natural fouled-up guys": posting the gentleman in Philip Larkin's poetry -- "Moulded and shaped": John Wain, Ian Fleming, and threshold masculinities -- Writing women, reading men: A. S. Byatt, Barbara Pym, and the post-gentlemen -- Epilogue: The postcolonial gentleman.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
English literature--History and criticism.--20th century
Masculinity in literature.
Chivalry in literature.
Electronic books.
PR478.M34 / G67 2013eb
820.9/00914