Kategoria BISAC: Literary Criticism >> LGBTQ+

Examining the
nature of weakness has inspired some of the most influential aesthetic and
philosophical portraits of the human condition. By reading a selection of
canonical literary and philosophical texts, Michael O'Sullivan charts a history
of responses to the experience and exploration of weakness.

Beginning with Plato and Aristotle, this first book-length study of the concept
explores weakness as it is interpreted by Lao Tzu, Nietzsche, Derrida, the
Romantics, Dickens and the Modernists. It examines what feminist writers Simone
de Beauvoir and Luce Irigaray...

The most significant resource for any researcher wishing to understand the finer details of Oscar Wilde s remarkable career, the Oscar Wilde and His Circle archive at the University of California, Los Angeles houses the world s largest collection of materials relating to the life and work of the gifted Irish writer. Wilde Discoveries brings together thirteen studies based on research done in this archive that span the course of Wilde s work and shed light on previously neglected aspects of Wilde s lively and varied professional and personal life.

This volume offers fresh...

Building on the psychological insights and theorizing of the fathers of trauma studies (Janet, Freud, Ferenczi) and of contemporary trauma critics and theorists,...

Innocence, Heterosexuality, and the Queerness of Children's Literature examines distinguished classics of children's literature both old and new-including L. Frank Baum's Oz books, Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House series, J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter novels, Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, and Stephenie Meyer's Twilight series-to explore the queer tensions between innocence and heterosexuality within their pages. Pugh argues that children cannot retain their innocence of sexuality while learning about normative...

People of all times and in all cultures have produced and consumed fiction in a variety of forms, not only for entertainment, but also to spread knowledge, religious or political beliefs. Furthermore, fiction has taken part in reflecting and shaping the cultural identity of communities as well as the identity of individuals. This volume aims to explore the concept and the use of fiction from different epochs, in different cultures and in different forms, both ancient and more recent. It covers a broad field of interests, from ancient literature, art, philosophy and theater to Bollywood...

Die Reihe Studien zur deutschen Literatur prasentiert herausragende Untersuchungen zur deutschsprachigen Literatur von der Fruhen Neuzeit bis zur Gegenwart. Offen besonders auch fur komparatistische, kulturwissenschaftliche und wissensgeschichtliche Fragestellungen, bietet sie ein traditionsreiches Forum fur innovative literaturwissenschaftliche Forschung.

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Novelist, memoirist, diarist, and gay pioneer Christopher Isherwood left a wealth of writings. Known for his crisp style and his camera-like precision with detail, Isherwood gained fame for his Berlin Stories, which served as source material for the hit stage musical and Academy Award-winning film Cabaret. More recently, his experiences and career in the United States have received increased attention. His novel A Single Man was adapted into an Oscar-nominated film; his long relationship with the artist Don Bachardy, with whom he shared an openly gay lifestyle, was...