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Jane Austen and Masculinity is an eclectic collection of contemporary scholarship addressing the representation of men and masculinity in the fiction and popular adaptations of Austen. This anthology includes work by a variety of esteemed and emergent Austen scholars from around the world who engage in a dialogue on critical questions surrounding her fictional treatment of men and masculinity, such as historical (post-French Revolutionary) changes in social expectations for men and women, brothers and fathers, male lovers, soldiers and the military, queer and alternative sexualities, violence, and male devotees of Austen. The collection addresses Austen’s fiction, including her juvenilia, as well as the ongoing popular appeal of her work and the enduring Austen vogue. The work in this anthology builds on established critical discourses in Austen scholarship as well as important conversations in Masculinity Studies.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
Introduction: Austen and Masculinity by Michael Kramp
Part I: Men, Domesticity, and the Family
Chapter 1: Sketches of Men's Kvetches: Domestic Masculinities in Emma and Persuasion
by Jane Fergus
Chapter 2: Failures of the Patriarchy: Fathers as Role Models in Jane Austen by Kit Kincade
Chapter 3: The Paradox of Masculine Agency in Jane Austen's Early Works by Joanne Wilkes
Part 11: Masculinity, Honor, and Feeling
Chapter 4: 'I could meet him in no other way': Dueling, the Culture of Honor, and Modern Masculinity in Sense and Sensibility by Megan Woodworth
Chapter 5: The Sensibility of Captain Benwick in Literary and Historical Context by Natasha Duquette
Chapter 6: 'Till he began to stagger her': Melancholia and Literary Men by Enit K. Steiner
Part III: Male Sexualities and Desires
Chapter 7: Empire of the Sensible: Disciplining Love and the 1990's Austen Craze by Carol Siegel and Bryce Campbell
Chapter 8: Austen's Dandies: Frank Churchill and H

Product details

Published Dec 22 2017
Format Hardback
Edition 1st
Extent 318
ISBN 9781611488661
Imprint Bucknell University Press
Illustrations 6 b/w photos; 6 tables;
Dimensions 9 x 6 inches
Series Transits: Literature, Thought & Culture, 1650–1850
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Anthology Editor

Michael Kramp

Contributor

Bryce Campbell

Contributor

Jan Fergus

Contributor

Miriam Hart

Contributor

Lisa Hopkins

Contributor

Kit Kincade

Contributor

Gayle Magee

Contributor

Carol Siegel

Contributor

Zack Snider

Contributor

Jason Solinger

Contributor

Enit K. Steiner

Contributor

Joanne Wilkes

Contributor

Megan Woodworth

Contributor

R.A. White

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