Following Djuna : women lovers and the erotics of loss /

Following Djuna reads contemporary novelists in the tradition of Djuna Barnes, arguing for the importance of women's fiction in understanding women's erotics - emotional and sexual exchanges between women. Barnes's Nightwood, with its experimental form and passionate language, has mad...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Allen, Carolyn, 1943-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©1996.
Series:Theories of representation and difference.
Subjects:
Harris, Bertha, > 1937- > Criticism and interpretation.
Winterson, Jeanette, > 1959- > Criticism and interpretation.
Brown, Rebecca, > 1956- > Criticism and interpretation.
Barnes, Djuna > Influence.
Harris, Bertha, > 1937- > Critique et interprétation.
Winterson, Jeanette, > 1959- > Critique et interprétation.
Brown, Rebecca, > 1956- > Critique et interprétation.
Barnes, Djuna
Brown, Rebecca, > 1956-
Harris, Bertha, > 1937-
Winterson, Jeanette, > 1959-
Barnes, Djuna. > Nightwood.
Barnes, Djuna.
Winterson, Jeanette.
Brown, Rebecca (Schriftstellerin)
1900-1999
Lesbians' writings, American > History and criticism.
American fiction > Women authors > History and criticism.
English fiction > Women authors > History and criticism.
Lesbians' writings, English > History and criticism.
Erotic stories, American > History and criticism.
Erotic stories, English > History and criticism.
Homosexuality and literature > History > 20th century.
Authorship > Psychological aspects.
Loss (Psychology) in literature.
Authorship > Sex differences.
Lesbians in literature.
Women in literature.
Lesbian heroines in literature.
American fiction > History and criticism.
English fiction > History and criticism.
American literature > Women authors > History and criticism.
English literature > Women authors > History and criticism.
Écrits de lesbiennes américains > Histoire et critique.
Roman américain > Histoire et critique.
Roman anglais > Histoire et critique.
Écrits de lesbiennes anglais > Histoire et critique.
Histoires érotiques anglaises > Histoire et critique.
Histoires érotiques américaines > Histoire et critique.
Homosexualité et littérature > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Perte (Psychologie) dans la littérature.
Lesbiennes dans la littérature.
Femmes dans la littérature.
Écrits de femmes américains > Histoire et critique.
Écrits de femmes anglais > Histoire et critique.
Art d'écrire > Aspect psychologique.
Art d'écrire > Différences entre sexes.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
Lesbian heroines in literature
English literature > Women authors
English fiction
American literature > Women authors
American fiction
American fiction > Women authors
Authorship > Psychological aspects
Authorship > Sex differences
English fiction > Women authors
Erotic stories, American
Erotic stories, English
Homosexuality and literature
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Lesbians in literature
Lesbians' writings, American
Lesbians' writings, English
Loss (Psychology) in literature
Women in literature
Frauenliteratur
Lesbische Orientierung
Erotischer Roman
Lesbe
Erotik > Motiv
Lesbische Orientierung > Motiv
Roman
USA
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Djuna Barnes and Bertha Harris
  • Reading Erotics/Following Djuna
  • pt. 1. Djuna Barnes: The Erotics of Nurture. 1. Nightwood: Gender, Narcissism, and the Erotic Maternal in the Narrative of Nora Flood. 2. Writing toward Nightwood: Seduction in the "Little Girl" Stories
  • pt. 2. Jeanette Winterson: The Erotics of Risk
  • pt. 3. Rebecca Brown: The Erotics of Excess and the Difficulties of Difference.

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