In the last two decades, lesbian and gay studies have transformed literary studies and developed into a vital and influential area for students and scholars. This Companion introduces readers to the range of debates that inform studies of works by lesbian and gay writers and of literary representations of same-sex desire and queer identities. Each chapter introduces key concept...
In the last two decades, lesbian and gay studies have transformed literary studies and developed into a vital and influential area for students and scholars. This Companion introduces readers to the range of debates that inform studies of works by lesbian and gay writers and of literary representations of same-sex desire and queer identities. Each chapter introduces key concepts in the field in an accessible way and uses several important literary texts to illustrate how these concepts can illuminate our readings of them. Authors discussed range from Henry James, E. M. Forster and Gertrude Stein to Sarah Waters and Carol Ann Duffy. The contributors showcase the wide variety of approaches and theoretical frameworks that characterize this field, drawing on related themes of gender and sexuality. With a chronology and guide to further reading, this volume offers a stimulating introduction to the diversity of approaches to lesbian and gay literature.
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I fell in love with realism because it deflates myths, the unexamined ideas of fantasy. It comfronts them with forgotten facts. It uses truth - history.
I love fantasy because it reminds us how far short our lives fall from their full potential. Fantasy reminds us how wonderful the world is. In fantasy, we can imagine a better life, a better future. In fantasy, we can free ourselves from history and outworn realism.
Oz is, after all, only a place with flowers and birds and rivers and hills. Everything is alive there, as it is here if we can see it. Tomorrow, we could decide to live in a place not much different from Oz. We don't. We continue to make the world an ugly, even murderous place, for reasons we do not understand.
Those reasons lie in both fantasy and history. Where we are gri... (查看原文)
The Cambridge Companions to Literature and Classics(共247册)，
这套丛书还有
《The Cambridge Companion to To The Lighthouse》《The Cambridge Companion to Crime Fiction (Cambridge Companions to Literature)》《The Cambridge Companion to John Updike (Cambridge Companions to Literature)》《The Cambridge Companion to War Writing》《The Cambridge Companion to Tennessee Williams》
等
。
0 有用 苏格兰没有底 2023-07-28 18:31:10 贵州
虽然有些部分很啰嗦又有点乱，而且章节和章节又有重合，但是新手捋一遍感觉很合适
0 有用 酱先生 2012-06-21 22:36:13
综述合集什么的看呢太累啦