Henry James and the suspense of masculinity /
Using insights from feminist studies, men's studies, and gay and queer studies, Leland Person examines Henry James's subversion of male identity and the challenges he poses to conventional constructs of heterosexual masculinity. Sexual and gender categories proliferated in the nineteenth a...
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Philadelphia :
University of Pennsylvania Press
©2003.
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| Online Access: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt3fhwgh |
Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction: Henry James And The Plural Terms Of Masculinity
- 1. Configuring Male Desire And Identity In Roderick Hudson
- 2 Nursing The Thunderbolt Of Manhood In The American
- 3 Sheathing The Sword Of Gentle Manhood In The Portrait Of A Lady
- 4 Reconstructing Masculinity In The Bostonians
- 5 Deploying Homo-Aesthetic Desire In The Tales Of Writers And Artists
- 6 The Paradox Of Masochistic Manhood In The Golden Bowl
- Notes
- Works Cited
- Index
- Acknowledgments.