Men beyond desire

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"Far from desiring heterosexual sex and wishing to bond with other men through fraternity, the male protagonists of classic American literature mainly want to be left alone. In Men Beyond Desire, David Greven makes the claim that American men, eschewing both marriage and male friendship, strive to remain emotionally and sexually inviolate. Examining the work of traditional authors, including Hawthorne, Poe, Melville, Cooper, Irving, and Stowe, Greven discovers highly untraditional and transgressive representations of desire and sexuality. Objects of desire from both women and other men, the inviolate males discussed in this study overturn established gendered and sexual categories, just as this study overturns archetypal assumptions about American manhood and American literature."--BOOK JACKET.

subjects: Masculinity in literature,  Violence in literature,  American literature,  History and criticism,  Sex role in literature,  Social isolation in literature,  Men in literature,  Desire in literature,  Self-control in literature,  Chastity in literature,  Sex in literature,  Literature, history and criticism,  American fiction, history and criticism,  American fiction,  LITERARY CRITICISM,  American,  General,  Literature,  Gay/Lesbian Interest

Times: 19th century