Are Girls Necessary? was an astoundingly great idea, exploring the lesbian in nineteenth and twentieth century lesbian-authored literature, even that which is not as explicit as the lesbian novels that make up the heart of the lesbian literary canon. The subjects of Abraham's examinations are a veritable pantheon of lesbian, bisexual and feminist literary icons: Willa Cather, Mary Renault. "Julie Abraham's "Are Girls Necessary? focuses insightfully and, through fresh and often innovative readings of several authors, she offers a new understanding of what it means to be a lesbian writer."-"Journal of Lesbian Studies, Cited by: Abraham reads the fevered female romances written by straight men as often as gay women. She also reads the works of high modernist and popular lesbian writers, from Gertrude Stein and Virginia Woolf to Mary Renault, who instead claimed history -- the ancient world, the New World, and war-torn twentieth-century Europe -- as their arena.
Are girls necessary?: lesbian writing and modern histories / Are girls necessary?'' asks Julie Abraham in this provocative study of 20th-century lesbian writing. Examining the development of lesbian writing in English across the 20th Century, Abraham identifies a shift from this r̀̀omance'' model to a more complicated h̀̀istory''. Are girls necessary?: lesbian writing and modern histories / Julie Abraham Abraham, Julie. E-books | University of Minnesota Press | | 1st University of Minnesota Press ed. Catalogue Search for "subject:(lesbians'" Are girls necessary?: lesbian writing and modern histories Are girls necessary?: lesbian writing and modern histories Abraham, Julie.
"Are girls necessary?" asks Julie Abraham in this provocative study of 20th-century lesbian writing. Examining the development of lesbian writing in English across the 20th Century, Abraham identifies a shift from this "romance" model to a more complicated "history" model. The great. Are girls necessary?'' asks Julie Abraham in this provocative study of 20th-century lesbian writing. Examining the development of lesbian writing in English across the 20th Century, Abraham identifies a shift from this rò̀mance'' model to a more complicated hì̀story'' model. The great modernists, Woolf and Stein, as well as the popular writers of succeeding generations, like Mary Renault. Are Girls Necessary? was an astoundingly great idea, exploring the lesbian in nineteenth and twentieth century lesbian-authored literature, even that which is not as explicit as the lesbian novels that make up the heart of the lesbian literary canon.
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