Masculinity and Place in American Literature Since 1950

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.

List of contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Nature Men of Twentieth-Century AmericaThe Ruined Paradise: John Cheever's Gendered NostalgiaThe Man of the House: John Updike and the HomesteadThresholds of Thought: Disembodied Sexuality in "Carver Country"The Fall of Frontier Dreams: Failed Fathers and Absent Sons in Richard Ford's FictionConclusionBibliography

Index

About the Author

About the author

Vidya Ravi is independent scholar based in Switzerland.

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Vidya Ravi
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2019
• EAN: 9781498587327
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-8732-7
• No. of pages: 172
• Series: Ecocritical Theory and Practice; Ecocritical Theory and Practic; Ecocritical Theory and Practice
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; USA, NATURE / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Men's Studies, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, natural history, Literature: history & criticism, United States of America, USA, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Nature and the natural world: general interest, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Literature: history and criticism, Gender studies: men and boys, Gender Studies: Men