Dandies and Desert Saints
Download or Read eBook Dandies and Desert Saints PDF written by James Eli Adams and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : James Eli Adams |
| Publisher | : Cornell University Press |
| Total Pages | : 264 |
| Release | : 1995 |
| ISBN-10 | : 0801482089 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9780801482083 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (89 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Dandies and Desert Saints by : James Eli Adams
Book excerpt: 1. Dandies and Prophets: Spectacles of Victorian Masculinity -- 2. "A Sort of Masonry": Secrecy and "Manliness" in Early Victorian Brotherhoods -- 3. Imagining the Science of Renunciation: Manhood and Abasement in Kingsley and Tennyson -- 4. Muscular Aestheticism: Masculine Authority and the Male Body -- 5. Gentleman, Dandy, Priest: Masks and Masculinity in Pater's Aestheticism.
