The changing fictions of masculinity
Criticism, interpretation, etc
xxi, 234 pages ; 23 cm
9780252020049, 9780252063091, 0252020049, 0252063090
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Preface: Reading like a man
1. The armor of the man-monster in Beowulf
2. Sir Gawain: touches of flesh
3. Mothers and fathers: change and stability in Hamlet's world
4. The sin of origins: heavenly fathers and men children
5. Blurring gender lines: Hard times and dismembering masculinity
6. Inventing primal masculinity: beyond Sons and lovers
Conclusion: Masculinity: what it it?