Explore the complex landscape of Victorian manhood with Herbert Sussman’s “Victorian Masculinities: Manhood and Masculine Poetics in Early Victorian Literature and Art.” This insightful book delves into how masculinity was defined and depicted in the literature and art of the early Victorian era. Sussman analyzes key figures and movements, including Thomas Carlyle, Robert Browning, the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, and Walter Pater, highlighting the conflicts and contradictions in their portrayals of manhood. Discover the concept of ‘masculine poetics’ and its significance in an industrializing world. “Victorian Masculinities” reveals manhood as a dynamic and often contradictory construction, crucial for understanding how early Victorians navigated and shaped patriarchal power. A must-read for scholars of Victorian literature, art history, and gender studies.