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Lesbian panic : homoeroticism in modern British women's fiction / Patricia Juliana Smith.
Van Pelt Library PR888.L46 S66 1997
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Smith, Patricia Juliana.
- Series:
- Between men--between women
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941.
- English fiction--Women authors--History and criticism.
- English fiction.
- English fiction--Women authors.
- Lesbians in literature.
- Homosexuality and literature--Great Britain--History--20th century.
- Homosexuality and literature.
- Women and literature--Great Britain--History--20th century.
- Women and literature.
- Lesbians.
- History.
- Great Britain.
- English fiction--20th century--History and criticism.
- Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941--Characters--Lesbians.
- Woolf, Virginia.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 236 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Columbia University Press, [1997]
- Summary:
- For Smith, "lesbian panic" is often a fear of losing one's identity and value within the heterosexual paradigm. This book traces the history of "lesbian panic" through key works: "The Voyage Out" and "Mrs. Dalloway; The Little Girls and Eva Trout; King of a Rainy Country; The Golden Notebook"; and "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie."
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0231106203
- 0231106211
- OCLC:
- 36074413
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