(DOWNLOAD) "Silence and Masculinity in Carlyle's Reminiscences." by Nineteenth-Century Prose * eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Silence and Masculinity in Carlyle's Reminiscences.
- Author : Nineteenth-Century Prose
- Release Date : January 22, 1999
- Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines,Books,Professional & Technical,Education,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 179 KB
Description
In Reminiscences, Thomas Carlyle uses descriptions of his father, his wife Jane, and the poet Robert Southey to create two gendered dichotomies: silence and speech, and writing and speech. Carlyle associates silence and writing with masculinity, and speech with the female, as he defends the sphere of writing from women. Before Carlyle can allow Jane's choice to enter the masculine discourse through Letters and Memorials, he uses Reminiscences to reconstruct Jane, celebrating her commitment to silence and fitting her into his view of masculinity. **********