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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Break every rule Break every rule Carole Maso In this groundbreaking work of ecstatic criticism, Carole Maso shows why she has risen, over the past fifteen years, as one of the brightest stars in the literary firmament. Ever refusing to be margi… OL15854823W
Gender, desire, and sexuality in T.S. Eliot Gender, desire, and sexuality in T.S. Eliot Nancy K. Gish,Cassandra Laity "This collection of new essays brings together scholars from a wide range of critical approaches to study T. S. Eliot's engagement with desire, homoeroticism, and early twentieth-century feminism in … OL18526908W
Closet devotions Closet devotions Richard Rambuss Religion and sex, body and soul, sacred and profane: In Closet Devotions, Richard Rambuss traces the relays between these cultural formations by examining the issue of “sacred eroticism,” the literar… OL1883021W
Deceit, desire, and the novel Deceit, desire, and the novel René Girard Discussion of the thesis that any goal which the protagonist of a novel seeks has been suggested by a mediator and that this "triangular desire" is the form of all great novels. OL3286874W
Another Kind of Love Another Kind of Love Christopher Craft In a study that will be of interest to all those concerned with the politics of gender, the history of sexuality, and the erotics of reading, Christopher Craft investigates questions fundamental to a… OL3933812W
The flirt's tragedy The flirt's tragedy Richard A. Kaye "In the flirtation plots of novels by Jane Austen, Charlotte Bronte, and W. M. Thackeray, heroines learn sociability through competition with naughty coquette-doubles. In the writing of George Eliot … OL6208977W
Die Luftgängerin Die Luftgängerin Robert Schneider Das Wirken einer Magierin in entzauberter Zeit. Das Leben des letzten Herzmenschen von Jacobsroth. Im verschlafenen Grenzstädtchen Jacobsroth kommt im Jahr 1970 ein Mädchen zur Welt, von dem sich … OL8056807W
Between Men Between Men Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick Hailed by the "New York Times" as "one of the most influential texts in gender studies, men's studies and gay studies," this book uncovers the homosocial desire between men, from Restoration comedies… OL9243005W