The Imagination of Class : Masculinity and the Victorian Urban Poor /

The Imagination of Class : Masculinity and the Victorian Urban Poor /

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"A meld of two scholars' research and conclusions, The Imagination of Class is a synthetic journey through middle class Victorian discourse posed by poverty in the midst of plenty - but not that alone. Rather Dan Bivona and Roger B. Henkle argue that the representation of abject poverty in...

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Main Authors: Bivona, Daniel (Author), Henkle, Roger B. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Columbus : The Ohio State University Press, [2006]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Fattiga i litteraturen.
Fattiga > attityder till > historia > England > 1800-talet.
Journalistik.
Litteraturvetenskap.
Klassamhället.
Medelklassen > manlighet.
Fattigdom > städer > attityder > Storbritannien > viktorianska tiden.
Englische Literatur > Motiv > Mann.
Mann > Motiv > Englische Literatur.
Englische Literatur > Motiv > Klasse.
Klasse > Motiv > Englische Literatur.
Städtische Gesellschaft > Armut > Grossbritannien > Geschichte 19. Jh.
Armut > Städtische Gesellschaft > Grossbritannien > Geschichte 19. Jh.
Urban poor.
Social classes in literature.
Sex role in literature.
Poverty in literature.
Poor in literature.
Masculinity in literature.
English prose literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Pauvres dans la litterature.
Pauvrete dans la litterature.
Rôle selon le sexe dans la litterature.
Masculinite dans la litterature.
Classes sociales dans la litterature.
Pauvres en milieu urbain > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Prose anglaise > 19e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Urban poor > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
English prose literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
Great Britain.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:
  • Sensational journalism, male detachment, and the feminized victim
  • Culturalism, the feminized poor, and the land of deadened affect
  • Morrison, Gissing, and the stark reality
  • Hell hath its flâneurs : the discourse of the abyss
  • Conclusion: Representing the poor and forestalling abjection.

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