Discipline, Masculinity, and “The Boy-Problem” in Nineteenth-Century American Literature
Parille, Ken
Edition, $21.00s
ISBN: 1-57233-787-7
Description
In this groundbreaking book, Ken Parille seeks to do for nineteenth-century boys what the past three decades of scholarship have done for girls: show how the complexities of the fiction and educational materials written about them reflect the lives they lived. While most studies of nineteenth-century boyhood have focused on post-Civil War male novelists, Parille explores a broader archive of writings by male and female authors, extending from 1830-1885.