Ben Knights is Emeritus Professor of English and Cultural Studies at the University of Teesside, UK. Till 2011 he was Director of the UK national English Subject Centre (HEA). A graduate of the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, his books include Writing Masculinities: Male Narratives in Twentieth-Century Fiction (Palgrave), From Reader to Reader: Theory, Text and Practice in the Study Group , The Listening Reader: Fiction and Poetry for Counsellors and Psychotherapists , and (as editor) Masculinities in Text and Teaching (Palgrave).

• Preface Introduction Masculinity as Fiction The Portrait of the Artist as a Man Forefathers: Conrad and Lawrence Male Narratives Male Impersonators New Men Afterword Bibliography Index