ODYSSEUS’S UNEASE: THE POST-WAR CRISIS OF MASCULINITY IN MELVYN BRAGG’S THE SOLDIER’S RETURN AND A SON OF WAR

Abstract: Melvyn Bragg’s autobiographical novels The Soldier’s Return (1999) and A Son of War (2001) narrate the return home of a working-class English WWII veteran mainly from the point of view of his son Joe (Bragg’s alter ego). By reading this new Odysseus’ return in the light of the analysis of...

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Main Author: Sara Martín Alegre
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad de Almeria 2017-02-01
Series:Odisea
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Online Access:http://ojs.ual.es/ojs/index.php/ODISEA/article/view/152