Category: Literary Criticism

Posted in Anthology - Nonfiction Literary Criticism

Biting the Error: Writers Explore Narrative by Mary Burger; Gail Scott; Camille Roy; Robert Gluck

Mary Burger; Gail Scott; Camille Roy; Robert Gluck | Biting the Error: Writers Explore Narrative | What is the best way to tell a story? In this anthology, the first-ever collection of essays by innovative, cutting-edge writers on the theme of narra

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Reading the Romance by Janice A. Radway

Janice A. Radway | Reading the Romance | Originally published in 1984, Reading the Romance challenges popular (and often demeaning) myths about why romantic fiction, one of publishing’s most

Posted in Canadian Eh Literary Criticism

Lesbian Images by Jane Rule

Jane Rule | Lesbian Images | The author’s attitude toward lesbian experience as measured against images by other women writers, such as Gertrude Stein, Willa Cather, and May Sarto

Posted in Autobiography/Biography Award Winner LGBT Studies/Social Sciences Literary Criticism

Skin by Dorothy Allison

Dorothy Allison | Skin | Skin: Talking About Sex, Class And Literature is a collection of essays written by award-winning author Dorothy Allison. Published in 1994, the book c

Posted in Literary Criticism Pulp

Over My Dead Body by Lee Server

Lee Server | Over My Dead Body | The American paperback went through a brief but gloriously subversive era during the 1940s and ’50s when publishers wooed post-World War II veterans w

Posted in Lesbian Studies Literary Criticism

Queering the Underworld by Scott Herring

Scott Herring | Queering the Underworld | At the start of the twentieth century, tales of “how the other half lives” experienced a surge in popularity. People looking to go slumming without le

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Sweet Dreams by Susannah Radstone

Susannah Radstone | Sweet Dreams | We are unable to provide a description at this time.

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Making Face, Making Soul/Haciendo Caras: Creative And Critical Perspectives By Feminists Of Color by Gloria Anzaldua

Gloria Anzaldua | Making Face, Making Soul/Haciendo Caras: Creative And Critical Perspectives By Feminists Of Color | A bold collection of creative pieces and theoretical essays by women of color. New thought and new dialogue: a book that will teach in the most multip

Posted in Asian Interest Historical History Literary Criticism Literary History

Crossing Borders by Sahar Amer

Sahar Amer | Crossing Borders | Crossing Borders argues that the interpretation of lesbian relationships in medieval French literature can be enriched by reading these texts together

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Professions of Desire by Bonnie Zimmerman; George E. Haggerty

Bonnie Zimmerman; George E. Haggerty | Professions of Desire | Professions of Desire includes examples of lesbian and gay literary analysis and thoughtful discussions about what it means to be lesbian, gay, or que