242 Pages
by
Routledge
242 Pages
by
Routledge
242 Pages
by
Routledge
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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... Read more
Introduction 1. Reading for the Empire 1.1 Boys, Class and Culture 1.2 A Good Boy’s Paper: B.O.P. 2. Schoolboys 2.1 Manly Boys and Young Gentlemen 2.2 Out of Bounds 2.3 Passing the Love of Women 3. Island Stories 3.1 After Crusoe: The Robinsonade 3.2 Going Native: The Coral Island 3.3 The Art of Fiction: Treasure Island 4. A Man’s World 4.1 Scrambling for Africa: Haggard and Henty 4.2 Conrad’s Man 5. Empire Boys 5.1 Defending the Empire: Scouting for Boys 5.2 Kipling’s Boyhood Empire: Kim 5.3 Lord of the Jungle: Tarzan of the Apes. Conclusion
Biography
Joseph Bristow
