Disenchanted modernity in Robert Kroetsch's The studhorse man [electronic resource] : biology and culture, sex and gender, eugenics and contraception, writing and reading / Francis Zichy.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Modernity and disenchantment -- Contexts and critics -- Who gave Hazard Lepage his first horse? or, answering questions with questions -- Who is Demeter Proudfoot? eugenics, sterilization, and contraception -- Naming "the studhorse man himself" -- Did Demeter's mother know greek mythology? -- The Acts of the Apostles -- Sex and gender in The studhorse man -- Being not so clearly male in The studhorse man -- "Men in love", part I -- "Men in love", part II: obsession as liberation -- Smoking a peace pipe with the poundkeeper -- The artist's salvation, and the natural man's destiny -- "Four fingers and a thumb": sex, breeding, and love -- The penis cannot make water lilies: God, nature, culture, and modernity -- Conclusion: death and the phallus in The studhorse man.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2012. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.