LEADER 04567nam 2200757 450 001 9910456792303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-4426-8924-2 024 7 $a10.3138/9781442689244 035 $a(CKB)2550000000019364 035 $a(EBL)3268142 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000478873 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11300049 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000478873 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10435698 035 $a(PQKB)11149093 035 $a(CaPaEBR)430865 035 $a(CaBNvSL)slc00224285 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3268142 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4672683 035 $a(DE-B1597)465371 035 $a(OCoLC)1013949302 035 $a(OCoLC)944176635 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781442689244 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4672683 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11258338 035 $a(OCoLC)647921135 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000019364 100 $a20160923h20082008 uy 1 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$a'Surfacing' the politics of desire $eliterature, feminism, and myth /$fRajeshwari S. Vallury 210 1$aToronto, [Ontario] ;$aBuffalo, [New York] ;$aLondon, [England] :$cUniversity of Toronto Press,$d2008. 210 4$d©2008 215 $a1 online resource (245 p.) 225 1 $aUniversity of Toronto Romanace Series 311 $a0-8020-9038-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tIntroduction -- $t1. Pierre et Jean, or the Erring of Oedipus -- $t2. The Error of Narcissus -- $t3. The Three Virtues of Imperceptibility, Indiscernibility, and Impersonality -- $t4. Becoming-flower, Becomingimperceptible: Oedipus, Narcissus, and Their Lines of Flight in Sarrasine and Le chef-d'oeuvre inconnu -- $t5. Beyond the Dialectic of Self and Other: Towards a Thought of the Surface -- $t6. 'Une jouissance d'épiderme': From Platonic Height and Depth to the Deleuzian Surface in Gautier's Mademoiselle de Maupin -- $tConclusion -- $tNotes -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex 330 $aA particular model of masculine desire has traditionally been evoked in an effort to understand the subordinate role of women in male-authored fiction. Because of this, the belief that male-authored texts are unfailingly built upon the denial of feminine difference has come to dominate many aspects of literary studies. "Surfacing" the Politics of Desire re-examines the "myths" of masculine desire in order to challenge this premise, placing literature at the centre of recent feminist debates over the ontology and politics of sexual difference. Citing examples of textual resistance to analytical feminist thought, Rajeshwari S. Vallury argues that literature is expressive of desires that are not always configured in terms of oppression or the denial of difference. In other words, a particular politics of reading obscures the multiplicity of desire that literature is capable of affirming and risks sacrificing the possibilities of both literature and desire. Through a re-evaluation of the sexual politics practiced by nineteenth-century male writers such as Balzac, Gautier, and Maupassant, Vallury moves towards a reconfiguration of the relationship between aesthetics and politics. "Surfacing" the Politics of Desire calls into question dominant feminist approaches to the literary representation of gender. Enlisting the philosophy of Deleuze and Guattari, Vallury calls for a different method of reading, one based on a deeper understanding of the politics of literature. 410 0$aUniversity of Toronto romance series. 606 $aFrench fiction$y19th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aFrench literature$xMale authors$xHistory and criticism 606 $aWomen in literature 606 $aDesire in literature 606 $aFeminist literary criticism 606 $aPolitics and literature 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aFrench fiction$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aFrench literature$xMale authors$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aWomen in literature. 615 0$aDesire in literature. 615 0$aFeminist literary criticism. 615 0$aPolitics and literature. 676 $a843/.7093522 700 $aVallury$b Rajeshwari S$g(Rajeshwari Suryamohan),$0960494 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910456792303321 996 $aSurfacing' the politics of desire$92177395 997 $aUNINA