Misfit Modernism - Queer Forms of Double Exile in the Twentieth-Century Novel

Revisits the theme of alienation in modernist literature, finding an alternative aesthetic centered on the experience of double exile. Explores examples drawn from the cultural groupings of the New Negro movement, Parisian expatriates in the 1920s, and the queer expatriate scene in Los Angeles before Stonewall.

About the author

Octavio R. González is Assistant Professor of English at Wellesley College.

Summary

Revisits the theme of alienation in modernist literature, finding an alternative aesthetic centered on the experience of double exile. Explores examples drawn from the cultural groupings of the New Negro movement, Parisian expatriates in the 1920s, and the queer expatriate scene in Los Angeles before Stonewall.

Product details

• Authors: Octavio R. Gonzalez, Octavio R. (Wellesley College) Gonzalez, Octavio R. González
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2020
• EAN: 9780271087139
• ISBN: 978-0-271-08713-9
• Dimensions: 171 mm x 241 mm x 23 mm
• Weight: 544 g
• Illustrations: Illustrationen, nicht spezifiziert
• Series: Refiguring Modernism
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; English, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / General, Of specific Gay & Lesbian interest, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Relating to LGBTQ+ people, LITERARY CRITICISM / LGBTQ+, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / African American & Black