Epistemology of the closet

By Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick

Subjects: Homosexualität, LGBTQ HIV/AIDS, American fiction, history and criticism, James, henry, 1843-1916, Homosexualitat <Motiv>, Melville, herman , 1819-1891, Homoseksualiteit, Literatur, LGBTQ queer theory, Fiction--history and criticism, Gay men in literature, Criticism and interpretationjames, henry , 1843-1916, Male authors, Queer, Kulturelles System, Melville, herman, 1819-1891, Nietzsche, friedrich wilhelm , 1844-1900, Geschlechtsidentität, Gay men's writings, Men authors, Fiction, Criticism and interpretationwilde, oscar , 1854-1900, Proust, marcel , 1871-1922, Gay men's writings--history and criticism, Théorie, Criticism and interpretation, À la recherche du temps perdu (Proust, Marcel), open_syllabus_project, Roman, Queer theory, Homosexualité et littérature, Écrits d'homosexuels masculins, American fiction, history and criticism, 19th century, Ps374.h63 s42 2008, Homosexuality in literature, 823.809353, Proust, marcel, 1871-1922, History and criticism, Letterkunde, Wilde, oscar, 1854-1900, Histoire et critique, Theory, Gays' writings, Fiction--19th century--history and criticism, American fiction, Gays' writings--history and criticism--theory, etc, Nietzsche, friedrich wilhelm, 1844-1900, Homosexualité dans la littérature, Billy Budd (Melville, Herman), Homosexuality and literature, Homosexuels masculins dans la littérature, LGBTQ, Écrits d'hommes, Fiction--20th century--history and criticism, American fiction--male authors--history and criticism

Description: Working from classic texts of European and American writers―including Melville, James, Nietzsche, Proust, and Wilde―Sedgwick analyzes a turn-of-the-century historical moment in which sexual orientation became as important a demarcation of personhood as gender had been for centuries. In her preface to this updated edition Sedgwick places the book both personally and historically, looking specifically at the horror of the first wave of the AIDS epidemic and its influence on the text.