Beards and Masculinity in American Literature

ISBN-13: 9781138093768 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 180 str.

Peter Ferry

Opis

Beards and Masculinity in American Literature is a pioneering study of the symbolic power of the beard in the history of American writing. This book covers the entire breadth of American writing – from 18th century American newspapers and periodicals to recent contemporary engagements with the beard and masculinity.

O autorze

Dr. Peter Ferry is Associate Professor of English at the University of Stavanger, Norway, where he teaches 19th, 20th, and 21st Century Literature. His research focuses primarily on representations of gender and masculinity in American Literature alongside a continuing curiosity in the flâneur in American writing. Previous publications on these research interests are headed by Masculinity in Contemporary New York Fiction (Routledge 2015).