Unmaking love : the contemporary novel and the impossibility of union /

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"The author examines how the romantic conception of love has been critiqued, destroyed, and reoriented in modernist and contemporary novels"--

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Shelden, Ashley T. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Columbia University Press, 2016.
Colección:Literature Now.
Temas:
1900-2099
English fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
English fiction > 21st century > History and criticism.
Love in literature.
Intimacy (Psychology) in literature.
Modernism (Literature) > Great Britain.
Roman anglais > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Roman anglais > 21e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Amour dans la littérature.
Intimité dans la littérature.
Modernisme (Littérature) > Grande-Bretagne.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Gay & Lesbian.
English fiction
Intimacy (Psychology) in literature
Love in literature
Modernism (Literature)
Great Britain
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: unmaking love
  • Lesbian fantasy: psychoanalysis, the legacy of modernist love, and Djuna Barnes' Nightwood
  • The ends of love: amorous redemption, the passion for negativity, James Joyce's Ulysses, and Hanif Kureishi's intimacy
  • Amorous time: nostalgia, temporality, and the pursuit of optimism in Alan Hollinghurst's The line of beauty
  • Cosmopolitan love: encountering difference in Hari Kunzru's Transmission and Kazuo Ishiguro's The unconsoled
  • Conclusion: "any generic airport thriller": otherness, Cloud atlas, and contemporary literature.

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