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050 00 $aPS153.L46$bA45 1996
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100 1 $aAllen, Carolyn$q(Carolyn J.).
245 10 $aFollowing Djuna :$bwomen lovers and the erotics
of loss /$cCarolyn Allen.
260 $aBloomington :$bIndiana University Press,$cc1996.
300 $a142 p. ;$c25 cm.
440 0 $aTheories of representation and difference
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 125-135)
and index.
505 00 $tIntroduction: Djuna Barnes and Bertha Harris -
Reading Erotics/Following Djuna -- $gPt. 1.$tDjuna Barnes:
The Erotics of Nurture -- $g1.$tNightwood: Gender,
Narcissism, and the Erotic Maternal in the Narrative of Nora
Flood -- $g2.$tWriting toward Nightwood: Seduction in the
"Little Girl" Stories -- $gPt. 2.$tJeanette Winterson: The
Erotics of Risk -- $gPt. 3.$tRebecca Brown: The Erotics of
Excess and the Difficulties of Difference.
520 1 $a"Following Djuna reads contemporary novelists in
the tradition of Djuna Barnes, arguing for the importance of
women's fiction in understanding women's erotics - emotional
and sexual exchanges between women. Barnes's Nightwood, with
its experimental form and passionate language, has made its
mark on contemporary writers, and Carolyn Allen argues that
Harris, Winterson, and Brown continue Barnes's explorations
of obsession, loss, excess, and power between women lovers."
"Allen stresses the importance of difference in lovers who
are "like", and the influence of memory in the making of
desire. At the same time, she illuminates the ongoing
trade-offs between passion and comfort, and between loss and
discovery as crucial to the intensity of women's
erotics."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aLesbians' writings, American$xHistory and
criticism.
650 0 $aAmerican fiction$xWomen authors$xHistory and
criticism.
650 0 $aEnglish fiction$xWomen authors$xHistory and
criticism.
650 0 $aLesbians' writings, English$xHistory and
criticism.
650 0 $aErotic stories, American$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aErotic stories, English$xHistory and criticism.
600 10 $aHarris, Bertha,$d1937- $xCriticism and
interpretation.
600 10 $aWinterson, Jeanette,$d1959- $xCriticism and
interpretation.
600 10 $aBrown, Rebecca,$d1956- $xCriticism and
interpretation.
650 0 $aHomosexuality and literature$xHistory$y20th
century.
650 0 $aAuthorship$xPsychological aspects.
650 0 $aLoss (Psychology) in literature.
650 0 $aAuthorship$xSex differences.
600 10 $aBarnes, Djuna$xInfluence.
650 0 $aLesbians in literature.
650 0 $aWomen in literature.
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