Masculinity and the English working class : studies in Victorian autobiography and fiction /
Ying S. Lee.
- New York : Routledge, c2007.
- xi, 252 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- Literary criticism and cultural theory .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-246) and index.
Introduction: Gender and genre -- In gentleman`s service: Diary of William Tayler, footman, 1837 and The Pickwick papers -- Representing the working man: The autobiography of a working man and Mary Barton -- Autodidacts and men of letters: My story and Alton Locke -- Other "others": Incidents in a Gipsy`s life.
English prose literature--History and criticism.--19th century Autobiography. Working class in literature. Masculinity in literature. Autobiographical fiction, English--History and criticism. Working class writings, English--History and criticism. Authors, English--Biography.--19th century