Arthur Conan Doyle and the Meaning of Masculinity

ISBN-13: 9780367888091 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 320 str.

Diana Barsham

Opis

A valued icon of British manhood, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle has been the subject of numerous biographies since his death in 1930. All his biographers have drawn heavily on his own autobiography, Memories & Adventures, a collection of stories and anecdotes themed on the subject of masculinity and its representation. Diana Barsham discusses Doyle's care

Spis treści

Contents: Introduction; Model with damaged eyes: autobiographical writings; When did you last see your father? The early fiction; Sh ... ! : reminiscences of a London medical man; Tortured bodies and nervous narratives: the novels of the 1890s; Figures in the sand: histories, war correspondence and legal campaigning; Beyond auto/biography: spiritualism and travel writing; Bibliography; Index.

O autorze

Diana Barsham is Professor of Cultural History at University of Derby.