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Masculinity in literature. --- Men in literature. --- Men --- Water in literature. --- Identity.

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Disappearing Men examines the complex and rebellious representations of gender in the work of several writers of ‘devolutionary’ Scottish fiction in the period 1979 to 1999. The study focuses on the context of a ‘crisis in masculinity’ accompanying the rapidly changing male role in the period, concluding that men often disappear from sight in this writing, highlighting issues of male insecurity and female disorientation in a new gender landscape. Hence the novels examined here by authors James Kelman, Jancie Galloway, Jackie Kay, A.L. Kennedy and Alan Warner, strongly challenge the stereotype of the Scottish ‘hardman’ and his dominance in 20th century Scottish fiction. Disappearing Men dissects this challenge by giving major consideration to the relationship between the innovative literary forms often found in this writing and the concepts of selfhood they give rise to. The possibilities inherent in these texts of reimagining gender identity and relations make them important contemporary documents of our struggles with realising selfhood and relations with others. A sustained and intimate analysis, this monograph will be of crucial interest to those concerned with issues of gender and representation in our rapidly changing era.

English fiction --- Scottish fiction --- Gender identity in literature. --- Men in literature. --- Scottish fiction. --- Scottish literature --- Men as literary characters --- English literature --- Scottish authors --- History and criticism. --- Scottish authors. --- 1900-1999

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Defoe's Writings and Manliness is a timely intervention in Defoe studies and in the study of masculinity in eighteenth-century literature more generally. Arguing that Defoe's writings insistently returned to the issues of manliness and its contrary effeminacy, this book reveals how his writings drew upon and repeatedly tested the complex and diverse range of discourses through which masculinity was discussed in the period.

Masculinity in literature. --- Men in literature. --- Masculinity (Psychology) in literature --- Defoe, Daniel, --- Defoe, Daniel --- Fefoe, Daniel --- De Fo, Daniel' --- De Foe, Daniel --- Defo, Daniel --- Defo, Danielo --- Defo, Daniyel --- English gentleman --- Gabriel John --- Gentleman --- John, Gabriel --- L. M. --- Lay-hand in the country --- Lover of old England --- Lover of truth --- Merchant --- Moreton, Andrew --- Даниель Дефо --- דעפא, דאניעל --- דפו, דניאל --- דפו, דניאל, --- דיפו, דניאל --- דיפו, דניאל, --- דיפואה, --- Johnson, Charle, --- Criticism and interpretation.