Secrecy and sapphic modernism: reading romans à clef between the wars
Auteur :
Nair, S.
Éditeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN :
9781349334544
Date de publication :
1 janv. 2012
Dimensions :
23,5 x 15,5 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Novels by significant Modernist authors can be described as romans à clef , providing insight into restrictions governing the representation of female homosexuality in the early twentieth century. Nair argues that key novels of the period represented same-sex desire through the encryption of personal references directed towards coterie audiences.