Men of Their Words
The Poetics of Masculinity in George Sand's Fiction
1st Edition
Published on 2. August 2007
Book
Hardback
170 pages
978-1-904350-87-3 (ISBN)
Description
This book uses the fiction of George Sand to explore questions of masculinity as they pertain to the nineteenth-century French novel. Drawing on contemporary theories of gender and narrative, Harkness reveals how Sands novels repeatedly focus on a nexus of language, masculinity and power.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Leeds
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 247 mm
Width: 170 mm
Weight
540 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-904350-87-3 (9781904350873)
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12/2017
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12/2017
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Person
Nigel Harkness is Lecturer in French at QueenAes University Belfast.
Content
Introduction 1. Conceptualizing Nineteenth-Century Masculinity: Male and Female Gazes 2. Masculinity, Homosociality, and Representation 3. A Man's Word is his Power 4. The Father-Son Relationship and Literary Paternity 5. Disrupting Narratives of Masculine Desire 6. Conclusion: The Poetics of Masculinity