Soldier Heroes explores the imagining of masculinities within adventure stories. Drawing on literary theory; cultural materialism and Kleinian psychoanalysis; it analyses modern British adventure heroes as historical forms of masculinity originating in the era of nineteenth-century popular imperialism; traces their subsequent transformations and examines the way these identities are internalized and lived by men and boys.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Amusing Renaissance ComedyBy Edgar L. ChapmanThis is an excellent edition of a post Shakespeare Renaissance comedy; with a liberated look at courtship and sexuality; which influenced the Restoration and later playwrights.3 of 4 people found the following review helpful. A great read and splendid proseBy A CustomerA "potboiler" (c.f. Whartons phrase about the masterpieces of literature) that is disguised only by occasional; powerful strokes. Undine is one of the great heroines--and one you can believe in. But its "potboiler" origin manifests itself in the rather "cheap" suicide of Ralph (perhaps I am sore because I love him). More importantly; the shifting-perspective narration; which could have made this a great novel; instead exposes a lack of unity (when for instance Ralph is erased; and so with him a good half of the novels characters--never to return. Ah; but I dwell...). Too many of the players; therefor; seem like tools. Here is a lightweight James plus Howells; and perhaps prefigures Fitzgerald. Still; a great read and splendid prose.