| Description |
x, 302 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Worlds of desire |
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Worlds of desire.
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| Contents |
1. Introduction: Queer, Forster? / Robert K. Martin and George Piggford -- 2. "Queer Superstitions": Forster, Carpenter, and the Illusion of (Sexual) Identity / Gregory W. Bredbeck -- 3. "Thinking about Homosex" in Forster and James / Eric Haralson -- 4. The Mouse That Roared: Creating a Queer Forster / Christopher Reed -- 5. Camp Sites: Forster and the Biographies of Queer Bloomsbury / George Piggford -- 6. Fratrum Societati: Forster's Apostolic Dedications / Joseph Bristow -- 7. "This is the End of Parsival": The Orphic and the Operatic in The Longest Journey / Judith Scherer Herz -- 8. Breaking the Engagement with Philosophy Re-envisioning Hetero/Homo Relations in Maurice / Debrah Raschke -- 9. Betrayal and Its Consolations in Maurice, "Arthur Snatchfold," and "What Does It Matter? A Morality" / Christopher Lane -- 10. "Contrary to the Prevailing Current"? Homoeroticism and the Voice of Maternal Law in "The Other Boat" / Tamera Dorland |
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11. To Express the Subject of Friendship: Masculine Desire and Colonialism in A Passage to India / Charu Malik -- 12. Colonial Queer Something / Yonatan Touval -- 13. "It Must Have Been the Umbrella": Forster's Queer Begetting / Robert K. Martin |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-289) and indexes |
| Subject |
Forster, E. M. (Edward Morgan), 1879-1970 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Forster, E. M. (Edward Morgan), 1879-1970.
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Desire in literature.
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Gay men's writings, English -- History and criticism.
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Homosexuality and literature -- England -- History -- 20th century.
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Gay men in literature.
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Sex in literature.
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Homosexuality.
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Sexual orientation in literature.
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| Author |
Martin, Robert K., 1941-
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Piggford, George.
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| LC no. |
97009960 |
| ISBN |
0226508013 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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0226508021 (paperback: alk. paper) |
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