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Kate O'Brien and the fiction of identity : sex, art and politics in Mary Lavelle and other writings / Aintzane Legarreta Mentxaka.
Van Pelt Library PR6029.B65 M355 2011
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mentxaka, Aintzane Legarreta, 1967-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- O'Brien, Kate, 1897-1974. Mary Lavelle.
- O'Brien, Kate.
- Politics in literature.
- Sex role in literature.
- Physical Description:
- v, 283 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, NC : McFarland & Co., [2011]
- Summary:
- "Kate O'Brien's novel, Mary Lavalle, banned upon publication in 1936, is a key work of the twentieth century that has suffered from critical neglect despite its wider popularity with readers. This book reexamines Mary Lavalle, exploring its role in the modernist canon and its importance to political and queer activism"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Preface: the canon
- Some contexts
- Activist fiction I: politics
- Activist fiction II: sexuality
- Modernism
- History
- Biography Enrique Areilza (1860-1926)
- Autobiography of Kate O'Brien, 1922-1923, 1935-1936
- Conclusion: identity.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-268) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780786448739
- 0786448733
- OCLC:
- 694238170
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