Insane passions
Subtitle: lesbianism and psychosis in literature and film
By: Christine E. Coffman
Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Middletown, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 288
Subjects: Lesbianism in literature; American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism; French literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism; Psychoses in literature; Lesbianism -- Psychological aspects; Psychoanalysis and homosexuality; Lesbianism in motion pictures; Lesbians in literature; Lesbians in motion pictures
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-272) and index
Table of contents: title: Writing the Papin affair; title: Surrealism's lesbian doubles; title: "What insane passion": Djuna Barnes's Nightwood; title: "Prophetess faced prophetess": madness and H.D.'s prose; title: The late twentieth century: filming the psychotic queer woman