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Heterosexual Plots and Lesbian Narratives / Marilyn Farwell.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Farwell, Marilyn, Author.
- Series:
- Cutting edge (New York, N.Y.)
- The Cutting Edge ; 1
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Narration (Rhetoric).
- Sex role in literature.
- Heterosexuality in literature.
- Man-woman relationships in literature.
- Homosexuality and literature--English-speaking countries.
- Homosexuality and literature.
- Lesbians--English-speaking countries--Intellectual life.
- Lesbians.
- Women and literature--English-speaking countries--History--20th century.
- Women and literature.
- Lesbians' writings, English--History and criticism.
- Lesbians' writings, English.
- English literature--20th century--History and criticism.
- English literature.
- American literature--20th century--History and criticism.
- American literature.
- English literature--Women authors--History and criticism.
- American literature--Women authors--History and criticism.
- Lesbians' writings, American--History and criticism.
- Lesbians' writings, American.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (250 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : New York University Press, [1996]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- What is lesbian literature? Must it contain overtly lesbian characters, and portray them in a positive light? Must the author be overtly (or covertly) lesbian? Does there have to be a lesbian theme and must it be politically acceptable? Marilyn Farwell here examines the work of such writers as Adrienne Rich, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Jeanette Winterson, Gloria Naylor, and Marilyn Hacker to address these questions. Dividing their writings into two genres--the romantic story and the heroic, or quest, story, Farwell addresses some of the most problematic issues at the intersection of literature, sex, gender, and postmodernism. Illustrating how the generational conflict between the lesbian- feminists of twenty years ago and the queer theorists of today stokes the critical fires of contemporary lesbian and literary theory, Heterosexual Plots and Lesbian Narratives concludes by arguing for a broad and generous definition of lesbian writing.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- ONE. When Is a Lesbian Narrative a Lesbian Narrative?
- TWO. Narrative: The Elastic Project
- THREE. The Lesbian Subject: A War of Images
- FOUR. The Romantic Lesbian Narrative: Adrienne Rich's "Twenty-One Love Poems" and Marilyn Hacker's
- FIVE. The Heroic Lesbian Narrative: Marion Zimmer Bradley's The Mists of Avalon and Gloria Naylor's The Women of Brewster Place
- SIX. The Postmodern Lesbian Text: Jeanette Winterson's Sexing the Cherry and Written on the Body
- SEVEN. Conclusion
- Works Cited
- Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-215) and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Jun 2020)
- ISBN:
- 0-8147-2884-7
- OCLC:
- 782877939
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