Secrecy and Sapphic Modernism
Reading Romans à Clef Between the Wars
Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, Theory, Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Gender Studies
| Author: | S. Nair | ISBN: | 9780230356184 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan UK | Publication: | December 6, 2011 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan | Language: | English |
| Author: | S. Nair |
| ISBN: | 9780230356184 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan UK |
| Publication: | December 6, 2011 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Language: | English |
Novels by significant Modernist authors can be described as romans à clef , providing insight into restrictions governing the representation of female homosexuality in the early twentieth century. Nair argues that key novels of the period represented same-sex desire through the encryption of personal references directed towards coterie audiences.
Novels by significant Modernist authors can be described as romans à clef , providing insight into restrictions governing the representation of female homosexuality in the early twentieth century. Nair argues that key novels of the period represented same-sex desire through the encryption of personal references directed towards coterie audiences.
