Title Love's litany : the writing of modern homoerotics / Kevin Kopelson

Published Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, [1994] ©1994

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Description viii, 194 pages ; 23 cm Contents 1. Wilde's Love-Deaths -- 2. Pederastic Trappings: Gide and Firbank -- 3. Another Other: Woolf and Stein -- 4. Friends and Lovers: Yourcenar and Renault -- 5. Barthes's Love-Tricks Summary Loves' Litany is the first extensive analysis of the relation of erotic philosophy to homosexuality in the modern period, and examines the ways in which nineteenth-century conceptions of love have shaped contemporary conceptions of lesbian and gay subjectivity. The book focuses on four features of romantic love that are central to both nineteenth-century erotic philosophy and twentieth-century homoeroticism: complementary merger, the idea that "opposites attract"; love-death (Liebestod), the figuration of love as fatal union; Wertherism, the association of love with sadness, solitude, and suicide; and "crystallization," Stendhal's term for believing a beloved to be perfect Analysis Erotic literature, English -- History and criticism -Theory, etc Erotic literature, French -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc Gay men in literature Gays̀ writings, English -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc Gays̀ writings, French -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc Homosexuality and literature -- Great Britain -- History -19th century Homosexuality and literature -- Great Britain -- History -20th century Lesbians in literature Love in literature Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [177]-189) and index Subject Erotic literature, English -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc Erotic literature, French -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc Gay erotic literature, English -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc. Gay erotic literature, English. Gay erotic literature. Gay erotic literature, French -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc. Gays' writings, English -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc. Gay erotic literature, French. Gays' writings, French -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc. Homosexuality and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century. Homosexuality and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century. Gay men in literature. Lesbians in literature. Love in literature. LC no. 93039677 ISBN 0804722994 0804723451 (paperback)

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