The New Man, Masculinity and Marriage in the Victorian Novel
| Author | : Tara MacDonald |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 240 |
| Release | : 2015-10-06 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9781317317807 |
| ISBN-13 | : 1317317807 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (807 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The New Man, Masculinity and Marriage in the Victorian Novel by : Tara MacDonald
Download or read book The New Man, Masculinity and Marriage in the Victorian Novel written by Tara MacDonald and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-10-06 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
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