Ferry, Peter,
Beards and masculinity in American literature / Peter Ferry. - 1 online resource. - Routledge interdisciplinary perspectives on literature .
Beards and Masculinity in American Literature is a pioneering study of the symbolic power of the beard in the history of American writing. This book covers the entire breadth of American writing - from 18th century American newspapers and periodicals through the 19th and 20th centuries to recent contemporary engagements with the beard and masculinity. With chapters focused on the barber and the barbershop in American writing, the "need for a shave" in Ernest Hemingway's fiction, Whitman's beard as a sanctuary for poets reaching out to the bearded bard, and the contemporary re-engagement with the beard as a symbol of Otherness in post-9/11 fiction, Beards and Masculinity in American Literature underlines the symbolic power of facial hair in key works of American writing.
9781315106410 1315106418 9781351604765 1351604767 9781351604772 1351604775 9781351604789 1351604783
American literature--History and criticism.
Beards in literature.
Masculinity in literature.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Men's Studies
LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies
PS169.B43 / F37 2020
810.9/353
Beards and masculinity in American literature / Peter Ferry. - 1 online resource. - Routledge interdisciplinary perspectives on literature .
Beards and Masculinity in American Literature is a pioneering study of the symbolic power of the beard in the history of American writing. This book covers the entire breadth of American writing - from 18th century American newspapers and periodicals through the 19th and 20th centuries to recent contemporary engagements with the beard and masculinity. With chapters focused on the barber and the barbershop in American writing, the "need for a shave" in Ernest Hemingway's fiction, Whitman's beard as a sanctuary for poets reaching out to the bearded bard, and the contemporary re-engagement with the beard as a symbol of Otherness in post-9/11 fiction, Beards and Masculinity in American Literature underlines the symbolic power of facial hair in key works of American writing.
9781315106410 1315106418 9781351604765 1351604767 9781351604772 1351604775 9781351604789 1351604783
American literature--History and criticism.
Beards in literature.
Masculinity in literature.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Men's Studies
LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies
PS169.B43 / F37 2020
810.9/353