Restless Men Masculinity and Robinson Crusoe, 1788-1840
Description
Robinson Crusoe's call to adventure and do-it-yourself settlement resonated with British explorers. In tracing the links in a discursive chain through which a particular male subjectivity was forged, Karen Downing reveals how such men took their tensions with them to Australia, so that the colonies never were a solution to restless men's anxieties.
Keywords
HistoryEuropeGreat BritainLiterary CriticismSocial HistoryAustralia & New ZealandModern
2014Book
Author(s)Karen Downing
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan UK
ISBN9781137348944
LanguageEnglish
