LEADER 00000cam a2200625Ia 4500 001 ocn889674864 003 OCoLC 005 20230929133626.0 006 m o d 007 cr cnu---unuuu 008 140830s2014 nju o 000 0 eng d 020 9781317743156|q(electronic bk.) 020 1317743156|q(electronic bk.) 035 (OCoLC)889674864 040 EBLCP|beng|epn|cEBLCP|dOCLCO|dN$T|dOCLCQ|dOCLCO|dOCLCF |dOCLCO|dOCLCQ|dMERUC|dOCLCQ|dOCLCO|dOCLCQ|dOCLCO 043 n-us-ny 049 RIDW 050 4 PS374.M37 F47 2014 072 7 LIT|x004020|2bisacsh 082 04 813.609353|a813/.609353|222 090 PS374.M37 F47 2014 100 1 Ferry, Peter. 245 10 Masculinity in Contemporary New York Fiction. 260 Hoboken :|bTaylor and Francis,|c2014. 300 1 online resource (183 pages) 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 490 1 Routledge Transnational Perspectives on American Literature 505 0 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. 520 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. 588 0 Print version record. 590 eBooks on EBSCOhost|bEBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America 648 7 1900 - 2099|2fast 650 0 American fiction|y20th century|xHistory and criticism. 650 0 American fiction|y21st century|xHistory and criticism. 650 0 Masculinity in literature. 650 0 Sex role in literature. 650 0 Men in literature. 650 0 Flaneurs in literature. 650 7 LITERARY CRITICISM|xAmerican|xGeneral.|2bisacsh 650 7 American fiction|2fast 650 7 Flaneurs in literature|2fast 650 7 Literature|2fast 650 7 Masculinity in literature|2fast 650 7 Men in literature|2fast 650 7 Sex role in literature|2fast 651 0 New York (N.Y.)|xIn literature. 651 7 New York (State)|zNew York|2fast 655 7 Criticism, interpretation, etc.|2fast 830 0 Routledge transnational perspectives on American literature. 856 40 |uhttps://rider.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https:// search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site& db=nlebk&AN=835222|zOnline ebook via EBSCO. Access restricted to current Rider University students, faculty, and staff. 856 42 |3Instructions for reading/downloading the EBSCO version of this ebook|uhttp://guides.rider.edu/ebooks/ebsco 948 |d20240319|cEBSCO|tEBSCOebooksacademic NEW 9-29-23 3174 |lridw 994 92|bRID