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Ordinary masochisms : agency and desire in Victorian and modernist fiction / Jennifer Mitchell.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mitchell, Jennifer, 1982- author.
- Series:
- Florida scholarship online.
- Florida scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Masochism in literature.
- English literature--19th century--History and criticism.
- English literature.
- English literature--20th century--History and cricitism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (227 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Gainesville : University Press of Florida, 2021.
- Summary:
- 'Ordinary Masochisms' argues for literary alternatives to pervasive dictatorial norms about masochism that first surface in Victorian literature, reach their pioneering pinnacle in the modernist moment, and are expressly mourned in post-modern texts. In particular, the literary works discussed all challenge the more popular term 'sadomasochism' as a conglomerate form of perversion that was named and studied in the late nineteenth century.
- Contents:
- Introduction A Tale of Two Terms
- Mythologizing Masochisms
- Villette's Erotic Experimentation
- A Drama in Muslin's Queer Mysticism
- Interlude. Murderous Masochism in The Torture Garden
- The Rainbow's Generational Masochisms
- Quartet's Modernist Muddles
- Conclusion Murderous Masochism in The Comfort of Strangers
- Afterword: Reading Masochisms
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on April 29, 2021).
- Previously issued in print: 2020.
- ISBN:
- 0-8130-5886-4
- 0-8130-5767-1
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