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title	:	A Community of One : Masculine Autobiography and Autonomy in Nineteenth-century Britain SUNY Series, the Margins of Literature
author	:	Danahay, Martin A.
publisher	:	State University of New York Press
isbn10 | asin	:	0791415120
print isbn13	:	9780791415122
ebook isbn13	:	9780585091457
language	:	English
subject	English prose literature--19th century--History and criticism, English prose literature--Male authors--History and criticism, Men--Great Britain--History--19th century--Historiography, Male authors, English--Biography--History and criticism, Masculinity i
publication date	:	1993
lcc	:	PR778.A9D34 1993eb
ddc	:	820.9/008
subject	:	English prose literature--19th century--History and criticism, English prose literature--Male authors--History and criticism, Men--Great Britain--History--19th century--Historiography, Male authors, English--Biography--History and criticism, Masculinity i

Page i A Community of One

Page ii SUNY Series, The Margins of Literature Mihai I. Spariosu, editor

Page iii A Community of One Masculine Autobiography and Autonomy in Nineteenth-Century Britain Martin A. Danahay State University of New York Press

Page iv Cover photo of Charles Reade in His Study appears by courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery, London Published by State University of New York Press, Albany 1993 State University of New York All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews. For information, address State University of New York Press, State University Plaza, Albany, NY 12246 Production by Dana Foote Marketing by Theresa A. Swierzowski Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Danahay, Martin A. A community of one : masculine autobiography and autonomy in nineteenth-century Britain / Martin A. Danahay. p. cm. (SUNY series, the margins of literature) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-7914-1511-2 (alk. paper). ISBN 0-7914-1512-0 (pbk.: alk. paper) 1. English prose literature 19th century History and criticism. 2. English prose literature Men authors History and criticism. 3. Men Great Britain History 19th century Historiography. 4. Men authors, English Biography History and criticism. 5. Masculinity (Psychology) in literature. 6. Autobiography Men authors. I. Title. II. Series. PR778.A9D34 1993 820.9'008dc20 [B] 92-38402 CIP 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Page v But man is a true narcissus: he makes the whole world his mirror. (Goethe 1971, 50)

Page vii Contents Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1 A Room of His Own: The Masculine Subject of British Autobiography 1 Autonomy and Community in Nineteenth-Century British Autobiography 11 From Community to Society: Ferdinand Tnnies and Victorian Subjectivity 20 Inner and Outer in Autobiography 26 Chapter One Autobiography and the Loss of Community: From Augustine's Confessions to Wordsworth's The Prelude 39 Chapter Two The Liminal Subject of Romantic Autobiography 67 Chapter Three

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