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Record Nr.

UNINA9910136768603321

Autore

Wilper James Patrick <1981->

Titolo

Reconsidering the emergence of the gay novel in English and German / / James Patrick Wilper

Pubbl/distr/stampa

West Lafayette, : Purdue University Press, 2016

West Lafayette, Indiana : , : Purdue University Press, , [2016]

©2016

ISBN

9781612494173

161249417X

9781612494210

1612494218

9781557537508

155753750X

9781557537317

1557537313

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xi, 201 pages) : digital file(s)

Collana

Comparative cultures and literatures

Disciplina

809.8920664

Soggetti

Gay people's writings - History and criticism

English fiction - English-speaking countries - History and criticism

German fiction - Europe, German-speaking - History and criticism

Homosexuality and literature

Gay men in literature

Lesbians in literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

Examines a key moment in the development of the modern gay novel by analysing four novels by German, British, and American writers. James P. Wilper studies how the texts are influenced by and respond and react to four schools of thought regarding male homosexuality in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.