Imagining Soldiers and Fathers in the Mid-Victorian Era

Charlotte Yonge's Models of Manliness

Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism
Cover of the book Imagining Soldiers and Fathers in the Mid-Victorian Era by Susan Walton, Taylor and Francis
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Susan Walton ISBN: 9781351156028
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Publication: November 30, 2017
Imprint: Routledge Language: English
Author: Susan Walton
ISBN: 9781351156028
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Publication: November 30, 2017
Imprint: Routledge
Language: English

Beginning with the premise that women's perceptions of manliness are crucial to its construction, The author focuses on the life and writings of Charlotte Yonge as a prism for understanding the formulation of masculinities in the Victorian period. Yonge was a prolific writer whose bestselling fiction and extensive journalism enjoyed a wide readership. The author situates Yonge's work in the context of her family connections with the army, showing that an interlocking of worldly and spiritual warfare was fundamental to Yonge's outlook. For Yonge, all good Christians are soldiers, and Walton argues persuasively that the medievalised discourse of sanctified violence executed by upright moral men that is often connected with late nineteenth-century Imperialism began earlier in the century, and that Yonge's work was one major strand that gave it substance. Of significance, Yonge also endorsed missionary work, which she viewed as an extension of a father's duties in the neighborhood and which was closely allied to a vigorous promotion of refashioned Tory paternalism. The author's study is rich in historical context, including Yonge's connections with the Tractarians, the effects of industrialization, and Britain's Imperial enterprises. Informed by extensive archival scholarship, Walton offers important insights into the contradictory messages about manhood current in the mid-nineteenth century through the works of a major but undervalued Victorian author.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

Beginning with the premise that women's perceptions of manliness are crucial to its construction, The author focuses on the life and writings of Charlotte Yonge as a prism for understanding the formulation of masculinities in the Victorian period. Yonge was a prolific writer whose bestselling fiction and extensive journalism enjoyed a wide readership. The author situates Yonge's work in the context of her family connections with the army, showing that an interlocking of worldly and spiritual warfare was fundamental to Yonge's outlook. For Yonge, all good Christians are soldiers, and Walton argues persuasively that the medievalised discourse of sanctified violence executed by upright moral men that is often connected with late nineteenth-century Imperialism began earlier in the century, and that Yonge's work was one major strand that gave it substance. Of significance, Yonge also endorsed missionary work, which she viewed as an extension of a father's duties in the neighborhood and which was closely allied to a vigorous promotion of refashioned Tory paternalism. The author's study is rich in historical context, including Yonge's connections with the Tractarians, the effects of industrialization, and Britain's Imperial enterprises. Informed by extensive archival scholarship, Walton offers important insights into the contradictory messages about manhood current in the mid-nineteenth century through the works of a major but undervalued Victorian author.

More books from Taylor and Francis

Cover of the book Educating the Virtues (RLE Edu K) by Susan Walton
Cover of the book New Black Renaissance by Susan Walton
Cover of the book Articulating Asia in Japanese Higher Education by Susan Walton
Cover of the book Further Education, Government's Discourse Policy and Practice: Killing a Paradigm Softly by Susan Walton
Cover of the book The Business of Humanity by Susan Walton
Cover of the book The Complete Guide to Landscape Astrophotography by Susan Walton
Cover of the book National Security by Susan Walton
Cover of the book Belgian Museums of the Great War by Susan Walton
Cover of the book Managing in the Global Economy by Susan Walton
Cover of the book On Extremism and Democracy in Europe by Susan Walton
Cover of the book Supreme Decisions, Volume 1 by Susan Walton
Cover of the book Extreme Weather and Global Media by Susan Walton
Cover of the book Myth and the Human Sciences by Susan Walton
Cover of the book Human Hierarchies by Susan Walton
Cover of the book Teaching the Common Core Literature Standards in Grades 2-5 by Susan Walton
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy