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OverviewIn the late eighteenth-century English novel, the question of feminism has usually been explored with respect to how women writers treat their heroines and how they engage with contemporary political debates, particularly those relating to the French Revolution. Megan Woodworth argues that women writers' ideas about their own liberty are also present in their treatment of male characters. In positing a 'Gentleman's Liberation Movement,' she suggests that Frances Burney, Charlotte Smith, Jane West, Maria Edgeworth, and Jane Austen all used their creative powers to liberate men from the very institutions and ideas about power, society, and gender that promote the subjection of women. Their writing juxtaposes the role of women in the private spheres with men's engagement in political structures and successive wars for independence (the American Revolution, the French Revolution, and the Napoleonic Wars). The failures associated with fighting these wars and the ideological debates surrounding them made plain, at least to these women writers, that in denying the universality of these natural freedoms, their liberating effects would be severely compromised. Thus, to win the same rights for which men fought, women writers sought to remake men as individuals freed from the tyranny of their patriarchal inheritance. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Megan A. WoodworthPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge ISBN: 9781032925653ISBN 10: 1032925655 Pages: 242 Publication Date: 14 October 2024 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Forthcoming Availability: Not yet available  This item is yet to be released. You can pre-order this item and we will dispatch it to you upon its release. Table of ContentsPreface; Introduction: Creating “the MAN”: Re(de)fining Masculinity, 1660–1775; Part 1 Frances Burney, the American Revolutionary War, and the Cultural Revolution, 1778–1782; Chapter 1 “Un Jeune Homme comme il y en a peu”: Evelina and the Masculine Empire; Chapter 2 “If a man dared act for himself”: Cecilia and the Family Romance of the American Revolution; Part 2 Charlotte Smith, Jane West, and the War of Ideals, 1789–1802; Chapter 3 “The best were only men of theory”: Masculinity, Revolution, and Reform, 1789–1793; Chapter 4 From “men of theory” to Theoretical Men: Smith, West, and Masculinity at War, 1793–1802; Part 3 From Ennui to Meritocracy: Jane Austen, Maria Edgeworth, and the Redefinition of ‘Gentleman’; Chapter 5 “A really respectable, enlightened and useful country gentleman”: Men of Fashion, Men of Merit, and the Rehabilitation of the Landed Gentleman; Chapter 6 “Gentleman-like manner”: Gentlemanly Professionals, Merit, and the End of Patronage; Chapter 7 “You misled me by the term gentleman”: A Final Farewell to “foppery and nonsense”; conclusion Conclusion: The National Importance of Domestic Virtue;Reviews'... carefully argued, eloquently written, beautifully conceived, and skillfully executed, this is one of the most exciting critical treatments of the eighteenth-century novel to appear in years.' Elizabeth Kraft, University of Georgia, USA '... a worthwhile contribution to the growing field of the history of masculinity, while also adding significantly to the history of women’s writing.' Review of English Studies '... a very impressive and historically grounded survey of changing ideals for masculinity, as viewed through the lens of women writers of the eighteenth century.' Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies '... carefully argued, eloquently written, beautifully conceived, and skillfully executed, this is one of the most exciting critical treatments of the eighteenth-century novel to appear in years.' Elizabeth Kraft, University of Georgia, USA '... a worthwhile contribution to the growing field of the history of masculinity, while also adding significantly to the history of women’s writing.' Review of English Studies '... a very impressive and historically grounded survey of changing ideals for masculinity, as viewed through the lens of women writers of the eighteenth century.' Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies Author InformationA Visiting Scholar at the Gregg Centre for the Study of War and Society, University of New Brunswick, Megan Woodworth also teaches at UNB and St. Thomas University. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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