The New Man, Masculinity and Marriage in the Victorian Novel
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
Published:12th Dec '19
Should be back in stock very soon
This paperback is available in another edition too:
- Hardback£145.00(9781848934917)
By tracing the rise of the New Man alongside novelistic changes in the representations of marriage, MacDonald shows how this figure encouraged Victorian writers to reassess masculine behaviour and to re-imagine the marriage plot in light of wider social changes. She finds examples in novels by Dickens, Anne Brontë, George Eliot and George Gissing.
"This book sets out a clear thesis and supports it with sophisticated close readings and historical evidence. In expanding the field of masculinity studies by highlighting the critically ignored figure of the New Man, it joins Phillip Mallett's edited collection as a contribution to our understanding of the Victorian male."- Jacob Jewusiak, Review 19
ISBN: 9780367875985
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 453g
240 pages