Masculinity in four Victorian epics : a Darwinist reading / Clinton Machann.
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TextPublisher: London : Routledge, 2016Description: 1 online resourceContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781315594187 (ebook)Subject(s): Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron, 1809-1892. Idylls of the king | Browning, Elizabeth Barrett, 1806-1861. Aurora Leigh | Browning, Robert, 1812-1889. Ring and the book | Clough, Arthur Hugh, 1819-1861. Amours de voyage | Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882 -- Influence | Epic poetry, English -- History and criticism | English poetry -- 19th century -- History and criticism | Masculinity in literature | Social Darwinism in literature | Literature and science -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century | Literature | Literature: history & criticism | Literary studies: general | Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 | History of scienceGenre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version :: No titleOnline access: Click here to access online Summary: Offering provocative readings of 'Idylls of the King', 'Aurora Leigh', and 'The Ring and the Book', Clinton Machann brings to bear the ideas and methods of literary Darwinism to shed light on the central issue of masculinity in the Victorian era. Offering provocative readings of Tennyson's Idylls of the King, Barrett Browning's Aurora Leigh, Clough's Amours de Voyage, and Browning's The Ring and the Book, Clinton Machann brings to bear the ideas and methods of literary Darwinism to shed light on the central issue of masculinity in the Victorian epic. This critical approach enables Machann to take advantage of important research in evolutionary psychology, cognitive science, anthropology, among other scientific fields, and to bring the concept of human nature into his discussions of the poems. The importance of the Victorian long poem as a literary genre is reviewed in the introduction, followed by transformative close readings of the poems that engage with questions of gender, particularly representations of masculinity and the prevalence of male violence. Machann contextualizes his reading within the poets' views on social, philosophical, and religious issues, arguing that the impulses, drives, and tendencies of human nature, as well as the historical and cultural context, influenced the writing and thus must inform the interpretation of the Victorian epic.
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Previously issued in print: Farnham: Ashgate, 2010.
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Offering provocative readings of 'Idylls of the King', 'Aurora Leigh', and 'The Ring and the Book', Clinton Machann brings to bear the ideas and methods of literary Darwinism to shed light on the central issue of masculinity in the Victorian era. Offering provocative readings of Tennyson's Idylls of the King, Barrett Browning's Aurora Leigh, Clough's Amours de Voyage, and Browning's The Ring and the Book, Clinton Machann brings to bear the ideas and methods of literary Darwinism to shed light on the central issue of masculinity in the Victorian epic. This critical approach enables Machann to take advantage of important research in evolutionary psychology, cognitive science, anthropology, among other scientific fields, and to bring the concept of human nature into his discussions of the poems. The importance of the Victorian long poem as a literary genre is reviewed in the introduction, followed by transformative close readings of the poems that engage with questions of gender, particularly representations of masculinity and the prevalence of male violence. Machann contextualizes his reading within the poets' views on social, philosophical, and religious issues, arguing that the impulses, drives, and tendencies of human nature, as well as the historical and cultural context, influenced the writing and thus must inform the interpretation of the Victorian epic.
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