| Description |
1 online resource (264 pages) : illustrations. |
| Series |
Faux titre,
0167-9392 ;
309
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Faux titre ; no. 309.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-264). |
| Contents |
Pierre Loti and the Theatricality of Desire; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1 Theatricality; Chapter 2 The Cast; Chapter 3 The Stage; Chapter 4 The Wardrobe; Chapter 5 The Audience; General Bibliography; Bibliography of Texts by and on Loti. |
| Summary |
Pierre Loti and the Theatricality of Desire offers an original analysis of patterns of unconscious desire observable in the life and work of the French orientalist writer Pierre Loti. It aims to reconcile attitudes and conduct that have been regarded as contradictory and not amenable to analysis by locating the unconscious urges that motivate them. It looks at the ambiguous feelings Loti expresses towards his mother, the conflicting desires inherent in his bisexuality, and his deeply ambiguous sense of a cultural identity as expressed through his cross-cultural transvestism. The political impl. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Loti, Pierre, 1850-1923 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Loti, Pierre, 1850-1923 |
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French fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
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French fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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Exoticism in literature.
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Sex in literature.
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Women in literature.
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Desire in literature.
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| Chronological Term |
1800-1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Turberfield, Peter James. Pierre Loti and the theatricality of desire. Amsterdam : Rodopi, 2008 9789042023635 9042023635 (OCoLC)225872091 |
| ISBN |
9781435640719 (electronic bk.) |
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1435640713 (electronic bk.) |
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9789401205573 |
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9401205574 |
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9042023635 |
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9789042023635 |
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9042023635 (pbk.) |
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9789042023635 (pbk.) |
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