| Description |
1 online resource (183 pages) |
| Series |
Routledge Transnational Perspectives on American Literature
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Routledge transnational perspectives on American literature.
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| Contents |
Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction: Finding Yourself in New York; 2 Walking Manhattan, Writing Masculinity: (Re- )Introducing the New York Flâneur with E.B. White''s Here Is New York and Joshua Ferris'' The Unnamed; 3 ""The Son Saves the Father"": Counter-hegemonic Father Figures in Paul Auster''s Fiction; 4 ""Because I Want to Fit In"": The Influence of the Male Peer Group in Bret Easton Ellis'' American Psycho; 5 ""A World Citizen with a New York Pair of Balls"": The Global Hegemonic Male in Don DeLillo''s Cosmopolis; Bibliography; Index. |
| Summary |
Masculinity in Contemporary New York Fiction is an interdisciplinary study that presents masculinity as a key thematic concern in contemporary New York fiction. This study argues that New York authors do not simply depict masculinity as a social and historical construction but seek to challenge the archetypal ideals of masculinity by writing counter-hegemonic narratives. Gendering canonical New York writers, namely Paul Auster, Bret Easton Ellis, and Don DeLillo, illustrates how explorations of masculinity are tied into the principal themes that have defined the American novel from its very be. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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American fiction -- 21st century -- History and criticism.
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Masculinity in literature.
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Sex role in literature.
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Men in literature.
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Flaneurs in literature.
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New York (N.Y.) -- In literature.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General. |
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American fiction |
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Flaneurs in literature |
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Literature |
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Masculinity in literature |
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Men in literature |
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Sex role in literature |
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New York (State) -- New York |
| Chronological Term |
1900 - 2099 |
| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| ISBN |
9781317743156 (electronic bk.) |
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1317743156 (electronic bk.) |
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