This article is an ecostylistic examination of Sub-Umbra, one of the six serialised novels in the Victorian pornographic magazine The Pearl (1879—1881). It explores the stylistic strategies utilised to depict landscapes and masculinity — stylistic choices at word- and phrase-level, collocation and compounding, semantic crescendo, humour and point of view — applying an ecostylistic approach. The investigation reveals that the unfolding of the licentious narrative develops from the description of the setting, more precisely the landscape and natural scenery, as feminised and sexualised (Kolodny 1975). It also demonstrates that the sociological model of gentry masculinity (Connell 2005), characterised by landownership and domination of the physical environment, is the most appropriate to define the main character and narrator interacting with the gendered countryside setting.

Sexualised Landscapes and Gentry Masculinity in Victorian Scenery: An Ecostylistic Examination of a Pornographic Novel from the Magazine The Pearl

Virdis Daniela Francesca
2019-01-01

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This article is an ecostylistic examination of Sub-Umbra, one of the six serialised novels in the Victorian pornographic magazine The Pearl (1879—1881). It explores the stylistic strategies utilised to depict landscapes and masculinity — stylistic choices at word- and phrase-level, collocation and compounding, semantic crescendo, humour and point of view — applying an ecostylistic approach. The investigation reveals that the unfolding of the licentious narrative develops from the description of the setting, more precisely the landscape and natural scenery, as feminised and sexualised (Kolodny 1975). It also demonstrates that the sociological model of gentry masculinity (Connell 2005), characterised by landownership and domination of the physical environment, is the most appropriate to define the main character and narrator interacting with the gendered countryside setting.
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