Objects of desire
the madonnas of modernism
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Author
Publication
1999 - Cornell University Press, Ithaca, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
58,750 words, Guess
Page Count
235 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL41222M
- ISBN-100801436494
- OCLC Control Number41833883
- OCLC Control Numberobjectsofdesirem00schl
- Library of Congress Control Number99032826
and 2 more
- LibraryThing7478044
- Goodreads622645
Classifications
- DDC809/.9112
- LCCPN56.M54 S36 1999
Description
"Continuing her analysis of modernism and its relation to earlier periods of literature and thought, Beryl Schlossman explores secular modernist use of female characters - "madonnas of modernism" - as emblems of forbidden desire. Although these works appear to depict characters who assume conventional gender roles, Schlossman asserts, their renderings of scenes of love ultimately blur gender identity and dissolve it in the text. Through an innovative use of style, her literary examples articulate an art of seduction and an aesthetic that transforms, suspends, or erases identity - individual, gender, social, and cultural."--BOOK JACKET.
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