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Autore |
Lucey Michael <1960-> |
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Titolo |
Gide's bent : sexuality, politics, writing / / Michael Lucey [[electronic resource]] |
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New York ; , : Oxford University Press, , 2023 |
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ISBN |
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0-19-772429-9 |
1-280-65485-6 |
0-19-535974-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (vi, 238 pages) : illustrations |
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Collana |
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Ideologies of desire |
Oxford scholarship online |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Homosexuality and literature - France - History - 20th century |
Politics and literature - France - History - 20th century |
Gay men in literature |
Utopias in literature |
Sex in literature |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Previously issued in print: 1995. |
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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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Contents; Note on Translation; Introduction; 1. Watching Sex in Si le grain ne meurl; 2. The Place of the Oedipal: Writing Home from North Africa; 3. Corydon and L'Ecole des femmes: Mimesis, the Mantis, the Gynaeceum; 4. Without Delay: Les Faux-Monnayeurs, Lacan, and the Onset of Sexuality; 5. Gribouille en Afrique: Gide's Voyage au Congo; 6. Sexuality, Politics and Culture: Gide's Trip to the Soviet Union; Epilogue: Queer Tears; Works Cited; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This study investigates the place of sexuality in the writings of Andre Gide. Focusing on his work in the 1920s and 1930s, the years in which Gide wrote most openly about his homosexuality, the text shows how Gide's sexuality reflected his political interests. |
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