Jane Austen and Masculinity (Transits: Literature, Thought & Culture, 1650–1850)

Synopsis

Introduction: Austen And Masculinity / By Michael Kramp -- Men, Domesticity, And The Family. Sketches Of Men's Kvetches: Domestic Masculinities In Emma And Persuasion / By Jane Fergus -- Failures Of The Patriarchy: Fathers As Role Models In Jane Austen / By Kit Kincade -- The Paradox Of Masculine Agency In Jane Austen's Early Works / By Joanne Wilkes -- Masculinity, Honor, And Feeling. I Could Meet Him In No Other Way: Dueling, The Culture Of Honor, And Modern Masculinity In Sense And Sensibility / By Megan Woodworth -- The Sensibility Of Captain Benwick In Literary And Historical Context / By Natasha Duquette -- Till He Began To Stagger Her: Melancholia And Literary Men / By Enit K. Steiner -- Male Sexualities And Desires. Empire Of The Sensible: Disciplining Love And The 1990's Austen Craze / By Carol Siegel And Bryce Campbell -- Austen's Dandies: Frank Churchill And Henry Crawford Play Dress Up / By Zachary Snider -- The Men Of Austen's Afterlives. Waltzing With Wellington, Biting With Byron: Heroes In Austen's Tribute Texts / By Lisa Hopkins -- What A Man Should Be: (re- )imaginig Austenian Masculinity In Film And Youtube Fanvids / By R.a. White -- Virginia Woolf & The Gentlemen Janeites, Or The Origins Of Modern Austen Criticism, 1870-1929 / By Jason Solinger -- Film Music And Masculinity. Performing To Strangers: Masculinity, Adaptation, And Music In Pride And Prejudice / By Gayle Magee -- Austen, Music, And Manhood / By Linda Zionkowski And Miriam Hart. Edited By Michael Kramp. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.