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Format: 1 online resource (245 pages).

ISBN: 9781442689244 (e-book)

Series Statement: University of Toronto Romanace Series

Additional Edition: Print version: Vallury, Rajeshwari S. (Rajeshwari Suryamohan) 'Surfacing' the politics of desire : literature, feminism, and myth. Toronto, [Ontario] ; Buffalo, [New York] ; London, [England] : University of Toronto Press, c2008 ISBN 9780802090386

Language: English

Keywords: Electronic books. ; Criticism, interpretation, etc. ; Electronic books.

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Format: 1 online resource

ISBN: 9781442689244

Content: "Surfacing" the Politics of Desire re-examines the "myths" of masculine desire in order to challenge this premise, placing literature at the centre of recent feminist debates over the ontology and politics of sexual difference.

Note: Frontmatter -- , Contents -- , Acknowledgments -- , Introduction -- , 1. Pierre et Jean, or the Erring of Oedipus -- , 2. The Error of Narcissus -- , 3. The Three Virtues of Imperceptibility, Indiscernibility, and Impersonality -- , 4. Becoming-flower, Becomingimperceptible: Oedipus, Narcissus, and Their Lines of Flight in Sarrasine and Le chef-d’oeuvre inconnu -- , 5. Beyond the Dialectic of Self and Other: Towards a Thought of the Surface -- , 6. ‘Une jouissance d’épiderme’: From Platonic Height and Depth to the Deleuzian Surface in Gautier’s Mademoiselle de Maupin -- , Conclusion -- , Notes -- , Bibliography -- , Index

Language: English

DOI: 10.3138/9781442689244

URL: https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442689244