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Autore |
Vallury Rajeshwari S (Rajeshwari Suryamohan) |
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Titolo |
'Surfacing' the politics of desire : literature, feminism, and myth / / Rajeshwari S. Vallury |
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Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2008 |
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©2008 |
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ISBN |
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1-4426-9109-3 |
1-4426-8924-2 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (245 p.) |
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Collana |
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University of Toronto Romanace Series |
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Soggetti |
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French fiction - 19th century - History and criticism |
French literature - Male authors - History and criticism |
Women in literature |
Desire in literature |
Feminist literary criticism |
Politics and literature |
Criticism, interpretation, etc. |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Pierre et Jean, or the erring of Oedipus -- The error of Narcissus -- The three virtues of imperceptibility, indiscernibility, and impersonality -- Becoming-flower, becoming-imperceptible : Oedipus, Narcissus and their lines of flight in Sarrasine and Le chef-d'oeuvre inconnu -- Beyond the dialectic of self and other : towards a thought of the surface -- 'Une jouissance d'epiderme' : from Platonic height and depth to the deleuzian surface in Gautier's Mademoiselle de Maupin. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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""Surfacing"" the Politics of Desire re-examines the ""myths"" of masculine desire in order to challenge this premise, placing literature at the centre of recent feminist debates over the ontology and politics of sexual difference. |
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