Hypermasculinities in the contemporary novel : Cormac McCarthy, Toni Morrison, and James Baldwin / Josef Benson.
In this book Josef Benson examines key literary works of the twentieth century, notably Blood Meridian (1985), All the Pretty Horses (1992), Song of Solomon (1977), and Another Country (1960). Benson argues that exaggerated masculinities originated on the American frontier and have transformed into...
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Lanham :
Rowman & Littlefield,
[2014]
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| Series: | Contemporary American literature (Rowman & Littlefield, Inc.)
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Table of Contents:
- An Ironic Contention: The Heroic Failure of the Kid in Blood Meridian
- A Hero by Default: John Grady Cole as Hypermasculine Heroic Failure in All the Pretty Horses
- Black Masculinities and Cultural Incest in Song of Solomon
- Staggerlee in the Closet: Rufus Scott as Failed Ironic Hero in Another Country.