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Novel Gazing: Queer Readings in Fiction

by Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick

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This is the first collection of queer criticism on the history of the novel. Eve Sedgwick has brought together contributors to navigate this new terrritory through discussions of a wide range of British, French, and American novels--including canonical

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Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick

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Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick is Distinguished Professor of English at City University of New York Graduate Center

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Canonical title: Novel Gazing: Queer Readings in Fiction
Original publication date: 1997

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Genres: Literature Studies and Criticism, Nonfiction, Fiction and Literature, LGBTQ+
DDC/MDS: 813.009 — Literature & rhetoric American literature in English American fiction in English By type
LCC: PS374 .H63 .N68 — Language and Literature American literature American literature Prose Prose fiction
BISAC: LIT LITERARY CRITICISM LGBTQ+

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Languages: English
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Published: 1997
Genres: Literature Studies and Criticism, Nonfiction, Fiction and Literature, LGBTQ+
DDC/MDS: 813.009
LCC: PS374 .H63 .N68

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17+ Works 2,287 Members

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