Title: 'Surfacing' the politics of desire
First published: 2008
Description: "A particular model of masculine desire has traditionally been evoked in an effort to understand the subordinate role of women in male-authored fiction. Because of this, the belief that male-authored texts are unfailingly built upon the denial of feminine difference has come to dominate many aspects of literary studies. 'Surfacing' the Politics of Desire re-examines the 'myths' of masculine desire in order to challenge this premise, placing literature at the centre of recent feminist debates over the ontology and politics of sexual difference." "'Surfacing' the Politics of Desire calls into question dominant feminist approaches to the literary representation of gender. Enlisting the philosophy of Deleuze and Guattari, Vallury calls for a different method of reading, one based on a deeper understanding of the politics of literature."--Jacket.
Subjects: History and criticism, Histoire et critique, Politics and literature, Feminist literary criticism, Desire in literature, Désir dans la littérature, Écrivains masculins, French literature, Roman français, Critique féministe, Male authors, Femmes dans la littérature, Littérature française, Politique et littérature, French fiction, Women in literature, French fiction, history and criticism
Time periods: 19e siècle, 19th century
LC classification: PQ295.W6 V35 2008