Secrecy and Sapphic Modernism: Reading Romans À Clef Between the Wars - Paperback
by S. Nair
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Availability:In StockContributor:S. NairTheme:Chronological Period/20th Century, Sex & Gender/Feminine, Sex & Gender/Gay, Topical/Women's InterestPublish date:1/1/2012Pages:207
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Palgrave MacMillanISBN-13:9781349334544ISBN-10:1349334545UPC:9781349334544Book Category:Literary Criticism, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Feminist, Gender Studies, Semiotics & TheorySize:9.21 x 6.14 x 0.46 inchesWeight:0.309Product ID:SCT878D1J7
Novels by significant Modernist authors can be described as romans à clef, providing insight into restrictions governing the representation of female homosexuality in the early twentieth century. Nair argues that key novels of the period represented same-sex desire through the encryption of personal references directed towards coterie audiences.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Palgrave MacMillanISBN-13:9781349334544ISBN-10:1349334545UPC:9781349334544Book Category:Literary Criticism, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Feminist, Gender Studies, Semiotics & TheorySize:9.21 x 6.14 x 0.46 inchesWeight:0.309Product ID:SCT878D1J7
SASHI NAIR is based at the University of Melbourne, Australia. Her research interests include queer and feminist literary studies, modernist women's writing, and intersections between queer and postcolonial writing in male and female-authored texts of the early twentieth century. She has published articles on Sapphic modernism and Chaucer's 'Troilus and Criseyde'.
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
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2012 Edition
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