Sordid Images - The Poetry of Masculine Desire

Examining a wide range of English poetry by men for evidence of the articulation of heterosexual masculine desire, Sordid Images will inspire its readers to look again at some of the cornerstone works of English literature.

List of contents

1 INTRODUCTION 2 'ALL THIS THE WORLD WELL KNOWS' Lust in Shakespeare's sonnets 3 'SOMETHING GENROUS IN MEER LUST'? Rochester as libertine 4 'LET BLOOD AND BODY BEAR THE FAULT' Pope's exorcism of desire 5 BLAKE AND FEMALE REASON 6 'TESTING THE RAZOR' T.S. Eliot's Poems 1927 'GET OUT AS EARLY AS YOU CAN' Larkin's sexual politics

About the author

Steve Clark

Summary

Examining a wide range of English poetry by men for evidence of the articulation of heterosexual masculine desire, Sordid Images will inspire its readers to look again at some of the cornerstone works of English literature.

Product details

• Authors: Steve Clark
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.08.1994
• EAN: 9780415068017
• ISBN: 978-0-415-06801-7
• No. of pages: 300
• Weight: 720 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Poetry, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, HEALTH & FITNESS / Sexuality, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, REFERENCE / General, SELF-HELP / Sexual Instruction, Literary studies: general, Literary studies: poetry and poets, Sex and sexuality: advice and issues, LITERARY CRITICISM / Subjects & Themes / Gender Identity