02291nam a2200385 a 4500 ebr10516977 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 090903s2010 nyu sb 001 0deng d 2009036587 9781433108334 (alk. paper) 143310833X (alk. paper) 9781453900680 (e-book) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)774287430 n-cn--- PR9199.3.K7 S7839 2010eb 818/.5409 22 Zichy, Francis, 1946- Disenchanted modernity in Robert Kroetsch's The studhorse man [electronic resource] : biology and culture, sex and gender, eugenics and contraception, writing and reading / Francis Zichy. New York : Peter Lang, c2010. vi, 247 p. Includes bibliographical references and index. Modernity and disenchantment -- Contexts and critics -- Who gave Hazard Lepage his first horse? or, answering questions with questions -- Who is Demeter Proudfoot? eugenics, sterilization, and contraception -- Naming "the studhorse man himself" -- Did Demeter's mother know greek mythology? -- The Acts of the Apostles -- Sex and gender in The studhorse man -- Being not so clearly male in The studhorse man -- "Men in love", part I -- "Men in love", part II: obsession as liberation -- Smoking a peace pipe with the poundkeeper -- The artist's salvation, and the natural man's destiny -- "Four fingers and a thumb": sex, breeding, and love -- The penis cannot make water lilies: God, nature, culture, and modernity -- Conclusion: death and the phallus in The studhorse man. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2012. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Kroetsch, Robert, 1927-2011. Gender identity in literature. Masculinity in literature. Postmodernism (Literature) Canada. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. Studhorse man. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10516977 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 120797 120797