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Violent Masculinities: Male Aggression in Early Modern Texts and Culture

Jennifer Feather

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During the early modern period in England, social expectations for men came under extreme pressure; the armed knight went into decline and humanism appeared. Here, original essays analyze a wide-range of violent acts in early modern literature and culture – everything from civic violence to chivalric combat; from verbal attacks to masochistic suffering; from political assassination to personal retaliation; and from brawls to battles. In so doing, they interrogate the seemingly inevitable connection between masculinity and aggression, placing it in a specific historical context and showing how differences of status, ethnicity, and sexual identity inform masculine ideals.

Pages: 288

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Release: November 19, 2013

ISBN: 1137344741

ISBN 13: 9781137344748

Violent Masculinities: Male Aggression in Early Modern Texts and Culture

Jennifer Feather

4/5 ( ratings)

During the early modern period in England, social expectations for men came under extreme pressure; the armed knight went into decline and humanism appeared. Here, original essays analyze a wide-range of violent acts in early modern literature and culture – everything from civic violence to chivalric combat; from verbal attacks to masochistic suffering; from political assassination to personal retaliation; and from brawls to battles. In so doing, they interrogate the seemingly inevitable connection between masculinity and aggression, placing it in a specific historical context and showing how differences of status, ethnicity, and sexual identity inform masculine ideals.

Pages: 288

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Release: November 19, 2013

ISBN: 1137344741

ISBN 13: 9781137344748

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