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Gide's bent [electronic resource] : sexuality, politics, writing / Michael Lucey.

Lucey, Michael, 1960- (Author).

Summary:

This study investigates the place of sexuality in the writings of Andre Gide. Focusing on his work in the 1920s and 1930s, the years in which Gide wrote most openly about his homosexuality, the text shows how Gide's sexuality reflected his political interests.

Record details

ISBN: 9780195359749 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 0195359747 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 9780195080872 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
ISBN: 0195080874 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
Physical Description: 1 online resource (vi, 238 p.) : ill.
Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 1995.

Content descriptions

General Note:	CatBulkString:jan.10.13 CatMonthString:jan.13 Multi-User.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-230) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Note on Translation; Introduction; 1. Watching Sex in Si le grain ne meurl; 2. The Place of the Oedipal: Writing Home from North Africa; 3. Corydon and L'Ecole des femmes: Mimesis, the Mantis, the Gynaeceum; 4. Without Delay: Les Faux-Monnayeurs, Lacan, and the Onset of Sexuality; 5. Gribouille en Afrique: Gide's Voyage au Congo; 6. Sexuality, Politics and Culture: Gide's Trip to the Soviet Union; Epilogue: Queer Tears; Works Cited; Index;
Source of Description Note:	Description based on print version record.