Masculinities in British Adventure Fiction, 1880 1915

ISBN-13: 9781138262218 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 222 str.

Joseph A. Kestner

Opis

Making use of recent masculinity theories, Joseph A. Kestner sheds new light on Victorian and Edwardian adventure fiction. Canonical authors such as R.L. Stevenson, Rudyard Kipling, Joseph Conrad, and Olive Schreiner are examined alongside popular writers like A.E.W. Mason, W.H. Hudson, and John Buchan, providing an expansive picture of the crisis of masculinity that pervades adventure texts during the period.

Recenzje

'Joseph Kestner’s Masculinities in British Adventure Fiction, 1880-1915 is a welcome addition to the field of travel and imperial fiction from the late-Victorian period to the First World War.' Catherine Wynne, University of Hull, UK 'One of the strengths of Kestner's work is the care with which he has sought out his authors' published views of their chosen genre...' Modern Language Review 'One of the chief uses to which Masculinities in British Adventure Fiction can be put is as a guide to the extant criticism, for Kester's research is impressively comprehensive.' English Literature in Transition 'Kestner has read widely and has a very clear sense of the literary context in which these novels and tales appeared; the close readings and précis are often excellent; and he is particularly knowledgeable about contemporary reviews, and makes some good use of the authors’ own pronouncements about their work.' Victorian Studies

Spis treści

Introduction; Chapter 1 Voyaging; Chapter 2 Mapping; Chapter 3 Invading; Chapter 4 Loving; Chapter 101; Conclusion;

O autorze

Author of seven monographs, Joseph A. Kestner is McFarlin Professor of English and Chair of Film Studies at the University of Tulsa, where he specializes in masculinity theory and Victorian and Edwardian studies.