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Bristow, Joseph Eugene was born on October 16, 1958 in Rustington, England. Son of Guilbert Wimer and Marie Philomena Bristow.
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Focusing on "Boys' Own" literature, "Empire Boys" examines how and why a distinct type of combative masculinity triumphed during the heyday of the British Empire. This book reveals the motives that produced this obsessive focus on boyhood. In Victorian Britain many kinds of writing, from the popular juvenile weeklies to parliamentary reports, celebrated boys of all classes as the heroes of their day. Fighting fit, morally upright, and proudly patriotic - these adventurous young men were set forth on imperial missions, civilizing a savage world. Such noble heroes included the strapping lads who brought an end to cannibalism on Ballantyne's "Coral Island" who came into their own in the highly respectable "Boys' Own Paper", and who eventually grew up into the men of Haggard's romances, advancing into the Dark Continent. Joseph Bristow demonstrates why these young heroes have enjoyed a lasting appeal to readers of children's classics by Stevenson, Kipling and Henty, among many others. He shows why the political intent of many of these stories has been obscured by traditional literary criticism, a form of criticism itself moulded by ideals of empire and "Englishness". Throughout, imperial boyhood is related to wide-ranging debates about culture, literacy, realism and romance. A contribution to the study of children's fiction. "Empire Boys" aims to be of interest to students of literature, social history and education.
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Lesbian and gay theory is now one of the most provocative and lively areas of inquiry into questions of sex, gender and sexuality. "Sexual Sameness" looks at the differing textual strategies men and women writers have developed to celebrate same-sex living and loving. Examining writings as diverse as those of Walt Whitman, James Baldwin, Sylvia Townsend Warner and Audre Lorde, this wide-ranging and important book demonstrates how literature has been one of the few cultural spaces in which sexual outsiders have been able to explore forbidden desires. From the "perversions" censured by St. Augustine to the stigmatization of people living with AIDS, "Sexual Sameness" reveals the persistent homophobia that has until recently almost completely inhibited our understanding of lesbian and gay writing. This book should be of interest to undergraduates and academics involved in the study of English and American literature and women's and gay studies.
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( Originally published in 1991. Focusing on ‘boys' own’ l...)
Originally published in 1991. Focusing on ‘boys' own’ literature, this book examines the reasons why such a distinct type of combative masculinity developed during the heyday of the British Empire. This book reveals the motives that produced this obsessive focus on boyhood. In Victorian Britain many kinds of writing, from the popular juvenile weeklies to parliamentary reports, celebrated boys of all classes as the heroes of their day. Fighting fit, morally upright, and proudly patriotic - these adventurous young men were set forth on imperial missions, civilizing a savage world. Such noble heroes included the strapping lads who brought an end to cannibalism on Ballantyne's "Coral Island" who came into their own in the highly respectable "Boys' Own Paper", and who eventually grew up into the men of Haggard's romances, advancing into the Dark Continent. The author here demonstrates why these young heroes have enjoyed a lasting appeal to readers of children's classics by Stevenson, Kipling and Henty, among many others. He shows why the political intent of many of these stories has been obscured by traditional literary criticism, a form of criticism itself moulded by ideals of empire and ‘Englishness’. Throughout, imperial boyhood is related to wide-ranging debates about culture, literacy, realism and romance. This is a book of interest to students of literature, social history and education.
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Bristow, Joseph Eugene was born on October 16, 1958 in Rustington, England. Son of Guilbert Wimer and Marie Philomena Bristow.
Bachelor with honors, University London, 1980. Master of Letters, University Stirling, Scotland, 1982. Doctor of Philosophy, University Southampton, England, 1985.
Temporary lecturer Nene College, Northampton, England, 1985-1986. Lecturer Sheffield (England) City Polytechnic, 1986-1991. From lecturer to senior lecturer University York, England, since 1991.
(Focusing on "Boys' Own" literature, "Empire Boys" examine...)
(Focusing on "Boys' Own" literature, "Empire Boys" examine...)
(Lesbian and gay theory is now one of the most provocative...)
(Lesbian and gay theory is now one of the most provocative...)
( Originally published in 1991. Focusing on ‘boys' own’ l...)