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Author:

Gopinath, Praseeda, 1975-

Title:

Scarecrows of Chivalry : English Masculinities after Empire / Praseeda Gopinath.

Publisher:

University of Virginia Press,

Copyright Date:

2013

Description:

x, 274 pages ; 23 cm

Subject:

English literature--20th century--History and criticism.
Masculinity in literature.
Chivalry in literature.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-260) and index.

Contents:

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.

ISBN:

0813933811 (cloth : acid-free paper)
9780813933818 (cloth : acid-free paper)
081393382X (pbk. : acid-free paper)
9780813933825 (pbk. : acid-free paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)815835535

LCCN:

2012039740

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PRAX771 -- Cowles Library (Des Moines)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)