'Surfacing' the politics of desire : literature, feminism, and myth / / Rajeshwari S. Vallury

• Autore: Vallury Rajeshwari S (Rajeshwari Suryamohan)
• Pubblicazione: Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2008; ©2008
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (245 p.)
• Disciplina: 843/.7093522
• Soggetto topico: 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
• Soggetto genere / forma: Criticism, interpretation, etc.; Electronic books.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: ""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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Surfacing' the politics of desire
• ISBN: 1-4426-9109-3; 1-4426-8924-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910781118603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: University of Toronto romance series.