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The Changing Fictions of Masculinity

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University of Illinois Press, Jan 1, 1993 - Literary Criticism - 234 pages
  

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Contents

The Armor of the ManMonster in Beowulf
1
Sir Gawain Touches of Flesh
27
Mothers and Fathers Change and Stability in Hamlets World
62
The Sin of Origins Heavenly Fathers and Men Children
101
Blurring Gender Lines Hard Times and Dismembering Masculinity
145
Inventing Primal Masculinity Beyond Sons and Lovers
180
Masculinity What Is It?
215
Index
231
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TitleThe Changing Fictions of Masculinity
AuthorDavid Rosen
Editionillustrated
PublisherUniversity of Illinois Press, 1993
ISBN0252063090, 9780252063091
Length234 pages
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Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Social Science / Men's Studies
  
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