Reflecting Narcissus
Subtitle: a queer aesthetic
By: Steven Bruhm.
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Minneapolis
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
Subjects: Homosexuality in literature.; Narcissism in literature.; Literature, Modern -- History and criticism.
Description: Extending the horizons of queer, feminist, and psychoanalytic theory, this book challenges the twentieth century's predominant understanding of narcissism--and the predominantly narcissistic qualities of male same-sex desire--as allegedly solipsistic, immature, sterile, antisocial, and apolitical. Bruhm argues that Narcissus has, instead, served to trouble the very cultural and gendered norms that define him.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-209) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: 1. No Exit: Romantic Male Narcissism; title: 2. Reverse of the Mirror: Symbolism and Sexology; title: 3. Sons and Lovers, Birds and Johns; title: 4. Queer Queer Vladimir; title: 5. The Gothic in a Culture of Narcissism; title: Conclusion: Rejecting Narcissus.