Books by Mark S. Micale

This vanguard collection of original and in-depth essays seeks to explore the intricate interplay of the aesthetic and psychological domains during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and to consider the reasons why a common Modernist project took shape when and in the circumstances it did.

In the course of several centuries, Western masculinity has established itself as the voice of reason, knowledge, and sanity-the basis for patriarchal rule-in the face of massive testimony to the contrary. Micale challenges this triumphant vision by examining the central role played by modern science and medicine in constructing and sustaining it.