In love with a handsome sailor
Subtitle: the emergence of gay identity and the novels of Pierre Loti
By: Richard M. Berrong.
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Toronto
Language: eng
Number of pages: 310
Subjects: Loti, Pierre, 1850-1923 -- Criticism and interpretation; Loti, Pierre, 1850-1923 -- Critique et interprétation; Homosexuality, Male, in literature; Gay men in literature; Homosexualité masculine dans la littérature; Homosexuels masculins dans la littérature
Description: "Richard Berrong presents a gay reading of the novels and novellas of Julien Viaud, chronologically tracing his development of a distinct homosexual identity and the strategies that he employed to discuss it in a way that would not be obvious to the general public. In so doing, Berrong asserts that Viaud's development of a homosexual identity undermined and realigned dominant constructions of masculinity, presented the need for gay community, and elaborated the role of literature for gay men. The first book-length gay reading of Viaud's corpus, this work will make an important contribution not only to the study of Viaud, but also to the study of gay and lesbian history, culture, and literature."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [295]-304) index.