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studies in american literary realism and naturalism series editor Gary Scharnhorst editorial board Louis J. Budd Donna Campbell John Crowley Robert E. Fleming Eric Haralson Katherine Kearns Joseph McElrath George Monteiro Brenda Murphy James Nagel Alice Hall Petry Donald Pizer Tom Quirk Jeanne Campbell Reesman Ken Roemer Susan Rosowski A MAN’S GAME Masculinity and the Anti-Aesthetics of American Literary Naturalism JOHN DUDLEY THE UNIVERSITY OF AL ABAMA PRESS Tuscaloosa Copyright © 2004 The University of Alabama Press Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487-0380 All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America Typeface: AGaramond ∞ The paper on which this book is printed meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Science–Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Dudley, John, 1965– A man’s game : masculinity and the anti-aesthetics of American literary naturalism / John Dudley. p. cm. — (Studies in American literary realism and naturalism) Originally presented as author’s thesis (doctoral)—Tulane University, 2001. Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index. ISBN 0-8173-1347-8 (cloth : alk. paper) 1. American ¤ction—20th century—History and criticism. 2. Naturalism in literature. 3. American ¤ction—Male authors—History and criticism. 4. American ¤ction—African American authors—History and criticism. 5. African American men in literature. 6. Masculinity in literature. 7. Aesthetics, American. 8. Men in literature. I. Title. II. Series. PS374.N29 D83 2004 813′.50912—dc22 2003018414 British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data available Acknowledgments vii Introduction 1 1. Inside and Outside the Ring: The Establishment of a Masculinist Aesthetic Sensibility 19 2. “Subtle Brotherhood” in Stephen Crane’s Tales of Adventure: Alienation, Anxiety, and the Rites of Manhood 55 3. “Beauty Unmans Me”: Diminished Manhood and the Leisure Class in Norris and Wharton 87 4. “A Man Only in Form”: The Roots of Naturalism in African American Literature 138 Epilogue 174 Notes 179 Bibliography 205 Index 217 Contents ...

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