01926nam a2200349 a 4500 ebr10672485 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 121101s2013 vau sb s001 0 eng d 2012039740 9780813933825 (pbk. : acid-free paper) 9780813933818 (cloth : acid-free paper) 9780813933832 (e-book) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)831625659 PR478.M34 G67 2013eb 820.9/00914 23 Gopinath, Praseeda, 1975- Scarecrows of chivalry [electronic resource] : English masculinities after empire / Praseeda Gopinath. Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2013. x, 274 p. Includes bibliographical references and index. Introduction: English masculinities in transition -- Manly independent men: (de)constructing the English gentleman -- Out of place: Evelyn Waugh and the retreating gentleman -- An orphaned manliness: George Orwell and the Bovex man -- "One of those old-type natural fouled-up guys": posting the gentleman in Philip Larkin's poetry -- "Moulded and shaped": John Wain, Ian Fleming, and threshold masculinities -- Writing women, reading men: A. S. Byatt, Barbara Pym, and the post-gentlemen -- Epilogue: The postcolonial gentleman. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. English literature 20th century History and criticism. Masculinity in literature. Chivalry in literature. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10672485 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 165228 165228