{"product_id":"the-single-life-unpatriarchal-manhoods-in-english-renaissance-literature-9780817362133","title":"The Single Life: Unpatriarchal Manhoods in English Renaissance Literature","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eExploring the Varied Roles of Bachelors during the Renaissance\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat if the Renaissance bachelor wasn't just a social outlier but a literary lens through which early modern masculinity reveals its cracks? In \u003ci\u003eThe Single Life: Unpatriarchal Manhoods in English Renaissance Literature\u003c\/i\u003e, Jordan Windholz examines the overlooked and often subversive roles played by never-married men in shaping gender, sexuality, and social order.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWindholz challenges conventional views on gender and sexuality, identifying five archetypes of bachelorhood that complicate our understanding of patriarchal success: the chaste youth, the journeyman bachelor, the true gallant, the incel scholar, and the unmarried eunuch. These figures don't conform to ideals of marriage, legacy, or economic productivity, but they also weren't merely left behind. Instead, they served to define what early modern society valued by embodying what it resisted. Windholz shows how Renaissance texts constructed, contained, and occasionally celebrated these \"unpatriarchal manhoods.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy examining the intersections of sexuality, labor, gentility, emotion, and gender, the book provides a nuanced understanding of how single men both upheld and resisted patriarchal norms. Each chapter offers a detailed analysis of literary texts, blending historical and literary analysis with feminist and queer theory. The first study of its kind, Windholz's work is essential reading for anyone interested in Renaissance literature, gender studies, or those looking to understand the margins of masculinity and the meanings of singledom--then and now.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJORDAN WINDHOLZ\u003c\/b\u003e is associate professor of English at Shippensburg University. His scholarship has appeared in \u003ci\u003eShakespeare Studies, Modern Philology\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eEnglish Literary Renaissance\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University Alabama Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51580251668754,"sku":"9780817362133","price":34.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_8b67f212-dcea-43c1-b74e-7635db70581d.jpg?v=1756800212","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-single-life-unpatriarchal-manhoods-in-english-renaissance-literature-9780817362133","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}