| Description |
1 online resource (vi, 238 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Ideologies of desire
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Ideologies of desire.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-230) and index. |
| 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. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Gide, André, 1869-1951 -- Political and social views.
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Gide, André, 1869-1951. |
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Political and social views. |
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Gide, André, 1869-1951 -- Pensée politique et sociale. |
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Homosexuality and literature -- France -- History -- 20th century.
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Homosexuality and literature. |
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France. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
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Politics and literature -- France -- History -- 20th century.
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Politics and literature. |
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Literature and society -- France -- History -- 20th century.
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Literature and society. |
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Gay men in literature.
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Gay men in literature. |
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Utopias in literature.
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Utopias in literature. |
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Sex in literature.
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Sex in literature. |
| Chronological Term |
1900 - 1999 |
| Indexed Term |
French fiction |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Lucey, Michael, 1960- Gide's bent. New York : Oxford University Press, 1995 0195080866 9780195080865 (DLC) 94023094 (OCoLC)30979095 |
| ISBN |
9780195359749 (electronic book) |
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0195359747 (electronic book) |
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9780195080872 (paperback ; acid-free paper) |
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0195080874 (paperback ; acid-free paper) |
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0195080874 (Paper) |
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0195080866 (acid-free paper) |
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9780195080865 |
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