Masculinity in Male-Authored Fiction, 1950-2000

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction

   • Alice Ferrebe

   Pages 1-15

3. The Consolations of Conformity

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   Pages 16-60

4. The Contradictions of Philosophy

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   Pages 61-103

5. Non-Conformity and the Sixties

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   Pages 104-151

6. Credit for Confession — Gendered Addressivity in the Contemporary Male-Authored Novel

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7. Conclusions — Reading to Belie the Binary

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8. Back Matter

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Tracing the influence of masculinity on fictional form and theme through an era of dizzying social change, this timely new book conducts a close analysis of English novels selected for contrasting definitions of the male gender, from the allegedly Angry Young Men to the contemporary confessions of Nick Hornby. The literary period since 1950 is interpreted as one of intense political and stylistic negotiation by male authors with the gendered subject-positions both of fictional characters and those who read about them.

• fiction
• gender
• novel
• space
• women

• School of Media, Critical and Creative Arts, Liverpool John Moores University, UK

  Alice Ferrebe

ALICE FERREBE is a Lecturer in English and Creative Technologies at Liverpool John Moores University, UK.

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