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The New Man, Masculinity and Marriage in the Victorian Novel

Tara MacDonald author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd

Published:1st Mar '15

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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: 9781848934917

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 453g

232 pages