Against the grain the poetics of non-normative masculinity in Decadent French literature / Mathew Rickard.
| Author/creator | Rickard, Mathew, 1993- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Oxford ; New York : Peter Lang, [2021] |
| Description | xi, 257 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
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| Series | Romanticism and after in France, 1422-8696 ; vol 30 |
| Contents | Introduction: Against the grain -- 'Idées masculines' : the intertextual poetics of masculinity in Joris-Karl Huysmans's À Rebours (1884) -- 'Vers le sabbat' : occult initiation and non-normative masculinity in Jean Lorrain's Monsieur de Phocas (1901) -- Who's on top? : dequeering and requeering Rachilde -- The (im)potency of the pen(is) : Mirbeau's masculine author(ity) in Le Calvaire (1886) -- Conclusion: Decadent masculinities. |
| Abstract | "Is it really a man's world? At a time when masculinity is being challenged, this book explores the links between reading and writing, and how they have historically been associated with masculine privilege. This book explores the representation of masculinity as a literary concept in Decadent literature by Huysmans, Lorrain, Rachilde, and Mirbeau to demonstrate how the movement both appropriated and subverted patriarchal assumptions surrounding reading and writing. The author takes a broad approach towards masculinity and its discontents by uncovering unlikely pretenders to the throne - witches, dandies, and cuckolds - that destabilised its validity. By positioning the study against the backdrop of the fin-de-siècle 'crisis' of masculinity, the book undermines previously held assertions about the nature of masculinity then and now, opening up fresh ground for the appraisal and analysis of gender in French studies and beyond"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2020055072 |
| ISBN | 9781800791756 (paperback) |
| ISBN | (ebook) |
| ISBN | (epub) |
| ISBN | (mobi) |
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