Masculinity and place in American literature since 1950:

Introduction: nature men of twentieth-century America -- The ruined paradise: John Cheever's gendered nostalgia -- The man of the house: John Updike and the homestead -- Thresholds of thought: disembodied sexuality in "Carver country" -- The fall of frontier dreams: failed fathers and...

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1. Verfasser: Ravi, Vidya 1932- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Lanham ; Boulder ; New York ; London Lexington Books [2019]
Schriftenreihe:Ecocritical theory and practice
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Zusammenfassung:Introduction: nature men of twentieth-century America -- The ruined paradise: John Cheever's gendered nostalgia -- The man of the house: John Updike and the homestead -- Thresholds of thought: disembodied sexuality in "Carver country" -- The fall of frontier dreams: failed fathers and absent sons in Richard Ford's fiction -- Conclusion
"This volume explores the relationship in postwar American literature between masculinity and place, tracing the development of the 'domesticated man' of midcentury and the continual subversion of this established vision of masculinity by alternate systems of symbols and ecological consciousness." --
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:viii, 163 Seiten
ISBN:9781498587327
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