Gender on the Divide : The Dandy in Modernist Literature / Jessica R. Feldman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Feldman, Jessica R., Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gender Studies.

Local Subjects:

Gender Studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (312 p.) : 2 halftones

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

In close readings of six major modernist writers, among them Willa Cather, Wallace Stevens, and Vladimir Nabokov, Jessica R. Feldman traces the significance of the dandy, not just as historical figure and fictional character but also as authorial presence and rhetorical mode. She shows that dandies, far from being foppish and shallow male figures, are women and men who personify the major conflicts within modernism.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

ABBREVIATIONS

1. Introduction

2. Paroles hermaphrodites: Gautier's Dandy

3.Cette vie en l'air: Barbey's Dandy

4.Mundus Muliebns: Baudelaire's Dandy

5.On the Divide: Cather's Dandy

6. The Intimidating Thesis: Stevens's Dandy

7. The Abyssinian Maid: Nabokov's Dandy

Afterword

Select Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Nov 2019)

ISBN:

1-5017-3451-2

OCLC:

1129208317