Description: The Cambridge Companion to Lesbian Literature This Companion examines literary representations of lesbian sexuality, identities, and communities, from the medieval period to the present. Jodie Medd (Edited by) 9781107054004, Cambridge University Press Hardback, published 4 January 2016 298 pages 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.7 cm, 0.57 kg The Cambridge Companion to Lesbian Literature examines literary representations of lesbian sexuality, identities, and communities, from the medieval period to the present. In addition to providing a helpful orientation to key literary-historical periods, critical concepts, theoretical debates and literary genres, this Companion considers the work of such well-known authors as Virginia Woolf, Adrienne Rich, Audre Lorde, Alison Bechdel and Sarah Waters. Written by a host of leading critics and covering subjects as diverse as lesbian desire in the long eighteenth century and same-sex love in a postcolonial context, this Companion delivers insight into the variety of traditions that have shaped the present landscape of lesbian literature. Lesbian literature?: an introduction Jodie Medd 1. The queer time of lesbian literature: history and temporality Carla Freccero 2. Debating definitions: the lesbian in feminist studies and queer studies Annamarie Jagose 3. Experience, difference, and power Sandra K. Soto 4. Global desires, postcolonial critique: queer women in nation, migration, and diaspora Shamira A. Meghani 5. Situating female same-sex love in the middle ages Karma Lochrie 6. 'Bedfellowes in royaltie': early/modern Sapphic representations Susan S. Lanser 7. Writing lesbian desire in the long eighteenth century Caroline Gonda 8. Lesbian postmortem at the fin de siècle Kate Thomas 9. Modern times: modernist writing, modern sexualities Madelyn Detloff 10. Popular genres and 'lesbian' culture: from pulp to crime, and beyond Kaye Mitchell 11. Lesbian autobiography and memoir Monica Pearl 12. Lesbianism-poetry/poetry-lesbianism Amy Sara Carroll 13. Contemporary lesbian fiction: into the twenty-first century Emma Parker 14. Comics, graphic narratives, and lesbian lives Heike Bauer. Subject Areas: Lesbian studies [JFSK1], Literary companions, book reviews & guides [DSRC], Literary studies: general [DSB]
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BIC Subject Area 1: Lesbian studies [JFSK1]
BIC Subject Area 2: Literary companions, book reviews & guides [DSRC]
BIC Subject Area 3: Literary studies: general [DSB]
Number of Pages: 298 Pages
Publication Name: The Cambridge Companion to Lesbian Literature
Language: English
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Item Height: 229 mm
Publication Year: 2016
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 570 g
Subject Area: Gender Issues
Author: Jodie Medd
Item Width: 152 mm
Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature
Format: Hardcover
