The Traumatic Celebration of Beauty in Alan Hollinghurst's Fiction Dissertationsschrift

'The Traumatic Celebration of Beauty in Alan Hollinghurst's Fiction' is the first monograph to delve into all the novels published by the writer so far: from his extraordinary debut, 'The Swimming-Pool Library' (1988), to 'The Sparsholt's Affair' (2017). The chapters follow a chronological order in Hollinghurst's production. However, all of them address the complex interaction of traumatic and celebratory discourses as voiced by gay and queer characters ranging from the twentieth to the early twenty-first century. This timely volume is intended to explore the limits of same-sex desire and identity in Hollinghurst's six novels drawing on trauma theory and intertextuality.

Riassunto

‘The Traumatic Celebration of Beauty in Alan Hollinghurst’s Fiction’ is the first monograph to delve into all the novels published by the writer so far: from his extraordinary debut, ‘The Swimming-Pool Library’ (1988), to ‘The Sparsholt’s Affair’ (2017).

The chapters follow a chronological order in Hollinghurst’s production. However, all of them address the complex interaction of traumatic and celebratory discourses as voiced by gay and queer characters ranging from the twentieth to the early twenty-first century. This timely volume is intended to explore the limits of same-sex desire and identity in Hollinghurst’s six novels drawing on trauma theory and intertextuality.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: José M. Yebra, José M Yebra
• Editore: Universitätsverlag Winter
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Copertina rigida
• Data pubblicazione: 01.08.2022
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura / linguistica inglese
• EAN: 9783825349660
• ISBN: 978-3-8253-4966-0
• Numero di pagine: 199
• Dimensioni (della confezione): 16.9 x 1.8 x 25.2 cm
• Peso (della confezione): 506 g
• Serie: Anglistische Forschungen > 474
• Categorie: Literaturwissenschaft, Sexualität, Englisch, Aids, Englische Literatur, Grossbritannien, Vereinigtes Königreich, Großbritannien, Identität, Soziale Gruppen: alternative Lebensstile, Queer Studies, Literaturwissenschaft: ab 2000, Gender Studies: Transgender, Transsexuelle, Intersexuelle, Traumatheorie, LGBTQ+ / Untersuchungen zu Homosexualität, Hollinghurst, Alan, Gleichgeschlechtlichkeit, LGBT Literature, Gay Studies