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Chargement... Sex Variant Women in Literaturepar Jeanette H. Foster
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. Sex Variant Women in Literature is without a doubt a fantastic project. As the title suggests, it traces the appearance of sex variant women (and a few authors) within literature from Sappho's poetry to Patricia Highsmith's The Price of Salt. This book is, however, a very tedious treatment of an otherwise interesting subject. The summaries of many works are dully formulaic, and discussions of some authors are completely unnecessary (e.g. why spend two pages in saying that George Eliot was butch but probably not a lesbian? Need "variance" cover every single woman who might also be called "mannish"?). Still other of Foster's literary interpretations are highly suspect and you may end by wondering if you were reading the same book as she. Don't get me wrong, though. Studies like this are tremendously valuable in guiding one towards other interesting works worth reading; this just isn't the most interesting approach. For a more engaging survey of lesbian literature and trends therein, I highly recommend Lillian Faderman's anthology, Chloe plus Olivia. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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"Fascinating in its account of famous Lesbians throughout the years, analyzing the books they wrote, their efforts to achieve publication and their lives with other Lesbians. Ranging from the Biblical Ruth and Sappho through creative works in all languages of Western Europe (Italian, French, German, Spanish, English, and Portuguese), Jeanette Howard Foster analyzes poetry, drama and fiction for all reference to Lesbians and Lesbianism. A lengthy section discusses such famous women as the Ladies of Llangollen, Emily Dickinson, Louise Labe, Margaret Fuller, George Sand, Emily and Charlotte Bronte, George Eliot, Adah Isaacs Menken, and "Michael Field." Another section includes analysis of the vital works of the renaissance of Lesbian literature from 1900 through mid-twentieth century that laid the groundwork for today's burgeoning Lesbian literary world including Kay Boyle, Djuna Barnes, Renee Vivien, Natalie Clifford Barney, Virginia Woolf, Isak Dinesen, Colette, Vita Sackville-West, Radclyffe Hall, Dorothy Richardson, Henry Handel Richardson, Christa Winsloe, Frances Brett Young, Lillian Hellman, Dorothy Baker, Helen R. Hull, Rosamond Lehmann, Shirley Jackson, Katherine Mansfield and others too numerous to mention."--Publisher's description. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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