Ordinary masochisms : agency and desire in Victorian and modernist fiction /

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"Revealing how literary works from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries frequently challenged the prevailing view of masochism as a deviant behavior, Jennifer Mitchell shows that characters in these texts achieve self-definition and empowerment by pursuing and performing pain, defying heteron...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Mitchell, Jennifer, 1982- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2020]
Temas:
1800-1899
Masochism in literature.
English literature > 19th century.
Modernism (Literature)
Literature, Modern.
Masochisme dans la littérature.
Littérature anglaise > 19e siècle.
Modernisme (Littérature)
English literature
Literature, Modern
Masochism in literature
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction A Tale of Two Terms
  • Mythologizing Masochisms
  • Villette's Erotic Experimentation
  • A Drama in Muslin's Queer Mysticism
  • Interlude. Murderous Masochism in The Torture Garden
  • The Rainbow's Generational Masochisms
  • Quartet's Modernist Muddles
  • Conclusion Murderous Masochism in The Comfort of Strangers
  • Afterword: Reading Masochisms

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