Henry James and the Suspense of Masculinity
Leland S. Person
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Hardback. Using insights from feminist studies, men's studies, and gay and queer studies, the author examines Henry James' subversion of male identity and the challenges he poses to conventional constructs of heterosexual masculinity. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 5S; DSB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 471.
Using insights from feminist studies, men's studies, and gay and queer studies, Leland Person examines Henry James's subversion of male identity and the challenges he poses to conventional constructs of heterosexual masculinity. Sexual and gender categories proliferated in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and Person argues that James exploited the taxonomic confusion of the times to experiment with alternative sexual and gender identities. In contrast to scholars who have tried to give a single label to James's sexuality, Person argues that establishing James's gender and sexual identity is less important than examining the novelist's shaping of male characters and ... Read more
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Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
Pennsylvania, United States
ISBN
9780812237252
SKU
V9780812237252
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99-15
About Leland S. Person
Leland S. Person is Professor of English at the University of Cincinnati.
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