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- Disability and Masculinity in the Mid-Victorian Novel

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Examines the proliferation of crippled, maimed, and disabled men in the mid-nineteenth-century novel, showing that disability was central to Victorian narrative form. Karen Bourrier argues that this unexpected interest in masculine weakness and disability was a response to the rise of a new Victorian culture of industry and vitality, and its corollary emphasis on a hardy, active manhood.

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  • Sprog:
  • Engelsk
  • ISBN:
  • 9780472072484
  • Indbinding:
  • Hardback
  • Sideantal:
  • 184
  • Udgivet:
  • 10. april 2015
  • Størrelse:
  • 152x229x20 mm.
  • Vægt:
  • 800 g.
  • Ukendt - mangler pt..

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Examines the proliferation of crippled, maimed, and disabled men in the mid-nineteenth-century novel, showing that disability was central to Victorian narrative form. Karen Bourrier argues that this unexpected interest in masculine weakness and disability was a response to the rise of a new Victorian culture of industry and vitality, and its corollary emphasis on a hardy, active manhood.

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