Restless Men

Masculinity and Robinson Crusoe, 1788-1840

Nonfiction, History, British, Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism
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Author: K. Downing ISBN: 9781137348951
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK Publication: June 25, 2014
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan Language: English
Author: K. Downing
ISBN: 9781137348951
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication: June 25, 2014
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Language: English

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.

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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.

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