Inverted Gaze - Queering the French Literary Classics in America

Informationen zum Autor François Cusset: François Cusset (French Theory) investigates the queering of the French literary canon by American writers and scholars in this daring and free-minded journey across six centuries of literary classics and sexual polemics. He presents the foundations and rationale for American queer theory, and provides an overview of the reinterpretation of the French (and Anglo) literary canon from a queer perspective.David Homel: David Homel was born and raised in Chicago in 1952. He has been a journalist, editor, literary translator, and teacher, and has won numerous awards for translation, including the Governor General's Award for Literature, Canada's highest literary honor. Klappentext A book by the acclaimed intellectual historian on the queering of the French literary canon by American writers and scholars. Inhaltsverzeichnis CONTENTSIntroduction: Holes in GloryPerverse ReadingsDisorienting the WestHow to Take a Text Inversion and UnfinishingAnglofolliesShaXXXpeareFrom Mollies to DandiesDrag Queens at BouvinesLancelot UncoveredHeiress, Saint, HermaphroditeRenaissance and (De)tumescenceMontaigne EntwinedThe Temptations of Dr. RabelaisTrouble in the Clèves FamilyThe Libertines of Fuck-AllThe Feints of CrébillonThe Nun Who Knew Too MuchThe Bourgeoisie of the InvertedConstant the UndecidedLost AllusionsBaudelaire as CorollaThe Modern and its MuddleA Brush with GideProust Inside HerselfGenet De-penetratedSo As Not to FinishIndex

Product details

• Authors: Francois Cusset, François Cusset, Cusset Francois
• Assisted by: David Homel (Translation)
• Publisher: Arsenal Pulp Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 24.11.2011
• EAN: 9781551524108
• ISBN: 978-1-55152-410-8
• No. of pages: 144
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; USA, French, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / French, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General, United States of America, USA, Literary studies: general, Gay & Lesbian studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / LGBTQ+ Studies / General, LGBTQ+ Studies / topics