Heterosexual plots and lesbian narratives /

Heterosexual plots and lesbian narratives / Marilyn R. Farwell.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Farwell, Marilyn R.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : New York University Press, [1996]
Series:Cutting edge (New York, N.Y.)
Subjects:
Lesbians' writings, American > History and criticism.
American literature > Women authors > History and criticism.
English literature > Women authors > History and criticism.
American literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
English literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
Lesbians' writings, English > History and criticism.
Women and literature > English-speaking countries > History > 20th century.
Lesbians > English-speaking countries > Intellectual life.
Homosexuality and literature > English-speaking countries.
Man-woman relationships in literature.
Heterosexuality in literature.
Sex role in literature.
Narration (Rhetoric)
Lesbians.
Sexual minorities.
LGBTQ+ people.
Table of Contents:
  • When is a lesbian narrative a lesbian narrative?
  • Narrative: the elastic project
  • The lesbian subject: a war of images
  • The romantic lesbian narrative: Adrienne Rich's "Twenty-one love poems" and Marilyn Hacker's Love, death, and the changing of the seasons
  • The heroic lesbian narrative: Marion Zimmer Bradley's The mists of Avalon and Gloria Naylor's The women of Brewster Place
  • The postmodern lesbian text: Jeanette Winterson's Sexing the cherry and Written on the body.

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