Studies in American literary realism and naturalism
GENERAL NOTES
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Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--Tulane University, 2001.
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-215) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Inside and outside the ring : the establishment of a masculinist aesthetic sensibility -- "Subtle brotherhood" in Stephen Crane's tales of adventure : alienation, anxiety, and the rites of manhood -- "Beauty unmans me" : diminished manhood and the leisure class in Norris and Wharton -- "A man only in form" : the roots of naturalism in African American literature.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Demonstrates how concepts of masculinity shaped the aesthetic foundations of literary naturalism. A Man's Game explores the development of American literary naturalism as it relates to definitions of manhood in many of the movement's key texts and the aesthetic goals of writers such as Stephen Crane, Jack London, Frank Norris, Edith Wharton, Charles Chestnutt, and James Weldon Johnson. John Dudley argues that in the climate of the late 19th century, when these authors were penning their major works, literary endeavors were widely viewed as frivolous, the work of ladies for ladies, who comprise.
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Title
Man's game.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Aesthetics, American.
African American men in literature.
African American men-- Intellectual life.
American fiction-- 20th century-- History and criticism.
American fiction-- African American authors-- History and criticism.
American fiction-- Male authors-- History and criticism.
Masculinity in literature.
Men in literature.
Naturalism in literature.
Écrits d'hommes américains-- Histoire et critique.
Esthétique américaine.
Hommes dans la littérature.
Hommes noirs américains dans la littérature.
Hommes noirs américains-- Vie intellectuelle.
Masculinité dans la littérature.
Naturalisme dans la littérature.
Roman américain-- 20e siècle-- Histoire et critique.
Roman américain-- Auteurs noirs américains-- Histoire et critique.