Heterosexual plots and lesbian narratives
By: Marilyn R. Farwell.
Series: The cutting edge; Cutting edge (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher: New York University Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 227
Subjects: Lesbians' writings, American -- History and criticism; American literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism; English literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism; American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism; English literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism; Lesbians' writings, English -- History and criticism; Women and literature -- English-speaking countries -- History -- 20th century; Lesbians -- English-speaking countries -- Intellectual life; Homosexuality and literature -- English-speaking countries; Man-woman relationships in literature; Heterosexuality in literature; Sex role in literature; Narration (Rhetoric)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-215) and index.
Table of contents: title: When is a lesbian narrative a lesbian narrative?; title: Narrative: the elastic project; title: The lesbian subject: a war of images; title: The romantic lesbian narrative: Adrienne Rich's "Twenty-one love poems" and Marilyn Hacker's Love, death, and the changing of the seasons; title: The heroic lesbian narrative: Marion Zimmer Bradley's The mists of Avalon and Gloria Naylor's The women of Brewster Place; title: The postmodern lesbian text: Jeanette Winterson's Sexing the cherry and Written on the body.