Violent masculinities: male aggression in early modern texts and culture
Éditeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN :
9781349466177
Date de publication :
19 nov. 2013
Dimensions :
21,6 x 14,0 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
During the early modern period in England, social expectations for men came under extreme pressure - the armed knight went into decline and humanism appeared. Here, original essays analyze a wide-range of violent acts in literature and culture, from civic violence to chivalric combat to brawls and battles.