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Scarecrows of Chivalry: English Masculinities after Empire
Praseeda Gopinath
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hardcover. Exploring the fate of the ideal of the English gentleman once the empire he was meant to embody declined, Praseeda Gopinath argues that the stylisation of English masculinity became the central theme, focus, and conceit for many literary texts that represented the ""condition of Britain"" in the 1930s and the immediate postwar era. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; DSB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
Exploring the fate of the ideal of the English gentleman once the empire he was meant to embody declined, Praseeda Gopinath argues that the stylisation of English masculinity became the central theme, focus, and conceit for many literary texts that represented the ""condition of Britain"" in the 1930s and the immediate postwar era. From the early writings of George Orwell and Evelyn Waugh to works by poets and novelists such as Philip Larkin, Ian Fleming, Barbara Pym, and A. S. Byatt, the author shows how Englishmen trafficking in the images of self-restraint, governance, decency, and detachment in the absence of ... Read more
Exploring the fate of the ideal of the English gentleman once the empire he was meant to embody declined, Praseeda Gopinath argues that the stylisation of English masculinity became the central theme, focus, and conceit for many literary texts that represented the ""condition of Britain"" in the 1930s and the immediate postwar era. From the early writings of George Orwell and Evelyn Waugh to works by poets and novelists such as Philip Larkin, Ian Fleming, Barbara Pym, and A. S. Byatt, the author shows how Englishmen trafficking in the images of self-restraint, governance, decency, and detachment in the absence of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Charlottesville, United States
ISBN
9780813933818
SKU
V9780813933818
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About Praseeda Gopinath
Praseeda Gopinath is Associate Professor of English at Binghamton University, State University of New York, USA.
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