Polymorphous Domesticities : Pets, Bodies, and Desire in Four Modern Writers.

Polymorphous Domesticities maps out the play of gender, sexuality, and alternative forms of domesticity in the works of four modern European and American writers--Edith Wharton, Djuna Barnes, Colette, and J.R. Ackerley. What these four writers have in common is a defiance of patriarchal paradigms in...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Schiesari, Juliana
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Berkeley : University of California Press, 2012.
Series:	FlashPoints Ser.
Subjects:	Wharton, Edith, > 1862-1937 > Criticism and interpretation. Barnes, Djuna > Criticism and interpretation. Colette, > 1873-1954 > Criticism and interpretation. Ackerley, J. R. > (Joe Randolph), > 1896-1967 > Criticism and interpretation. Animals in literature. Pets in literature. Human-animal relationships in literature. Sex (Psychology) in literature. Social structure in literature. Social values in literature. Electronic books. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:	Available via EBSCO eBook Collection
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Table of Contents:

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Re-Visions of Diana in Edith Wharton; 2. Colette at Home; 3. Romancing the Beast: J.R. Ackerley's Dog Days and the Meaning of Sex; Afterword; Notes; Bibliography.