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The shock of men : homosexual hermeneutics in French writing / Lawrence R. Schehr.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Schehr, Lawrence R.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- French literature--20th century--History and criticism.
- French literature.
- Homosexuality and literature--France--History--20th century.
- Homosexuality and literature.
- French literature--Male authors--History and criticism.
- French literature--Male authors.
- Gay men's writings, French--History and criticism.
- Gay men's writings, French.
- Gay men--France--Intellectual life.
- Gay men.
- Gay men in literature.
- Hermeneutics.
- Intellectual life.
- History.
- France.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 215 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 1995.
- Summary:
- Provocative, subtle, polemical, reasoned, contentious, witty- this is one of the first works to bring the insights of American gender studies and queer theory to modern French literature. It focuses on the complex relations among narrative, theory, interpretation, and homosexuality in the work of Marcel Proust, Roland Barthes, Michel Tournier, and Renaud Camus.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [205]-211) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0804724172
- OCLC:
- 31376109
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