female homosexuality and modern culture. Gender & Culture S
Livre broché, 307 pages
Langue : English
Publié 15 avril 1995 par Columbia University Press.
In essays on literary images of lesbianism from Defoe and Diderot to Virginia Woolf and Djuna Barnes, on the homosexual reputation of Marie Antoinette, on the lesbian writings of Anne Lister, Sylvia Townsend Warner, and Janet Flanner, and on Henry James's The Bostonians, Castle shows how a lesbian presence can be identified in the literature, history, and culture of the past three centuries.
In essays on literary images of lesbianism from Defoe and Diderot to Virginia Woolf and Djuna Barnes, on the homosexual reputation of Marie Antoinette, on the lesbian writings of Anne Lister, Sylvia Townsend Warner, and Janet Flanner, and on Henry James's The Bostonians, Castle shows how a lesbian presence can be identified in the literature, history, and culture of the past three centuries.
Finally got my hands on this book and it didn't disappoint. Full of wit and knowledge, the author always keeps her essays accessible and entertaining.
Finally got my hands on this book and it didn't disappoint. Full of wit and knowledge, the author always keeps her essays accessible and entertaining.
