The Cambridge Companion to Lesbian Literature (Cambridge Companions to Literature) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1107663431 ISBN 13: 9781107663435

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2016

Synopsis

The Cambridge Companion to Lesbian Literature examines literary representations of lesbian sexuality, identities, and communities, from the medieval period to the present. In addition to providing a helpful orientation to key literary-historical periods, critical concepts, theoretical debates and literary genres, this Companion considers the work of such well-known authors as Willa Cather, Adrienne Rich, Jeanette Winterson, and Rita Mae Brown. Written by a host of leading critics and covering subjects as diverse as lesbian desire in the long eighteenth century and same-sex love in a postcolonial context, this Companion delivers insight into the variety of traditions that have shaped the present landscape of lesbian literature.

About this title

Book Description:

The Cambridge Companion to Lesbian Literature examines literary representations of lesbian sexuality, identities, and communities, from the medieval period to the present. In so doing, it delivers insight into the variety of traditions that have shaped the present landscape of lesbian literature.

About the Author:

Jodie Medd is Associate Professor of English at Carleton University, Ottawa. She is the author of Lesbian Scandal and the Culture of Modernism (Cambridge, 2012) and essays on queer sexuality and modernism.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1107663431
• ISBN 13: 9781107663435
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 292
• Editor: Medd Jodie