Following Djuna
women lovers and the erotics of loss
by Carolyn Allen
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Following Djuna reads contemporary novelists in the tradition of Djuna Barnes, arguing for the importance of women's fiction in understanding women's erotics - emotional and sexual exchanges between women. Barnes's Nightwood, with its experimental form and passionate language, has made its mark on contemporary writers, and Carolyn Allen argues that Harris, Winterson, and Brown continue Barnes's explorations of obsession, loss, excess, and power between women lovers.
Allen stresses the importance of difference in lovers who are "like", and the influence of memory in the making of desire. At the same time, she illuminates the ongoing trade-offs between passion and comfort, and between loss and discovery as crucial to the intensity of women's erotics.
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American Erotic stories, American fiction, Criticism and interpretation, English Erotic stories, English fiction, Erotic stories, American, Erotic stories, English, History, History and criticism, Homosexuality and literature, Influence, Intellectual life, Lesbians, Lesbians in literature, Lesbians' writings, American, Lesbians' writings, English, Loss (Psychology) in literature, Women and literature, Women authors, Women in literature, Psychological aspects, Authorship, Sex differences, Barnes, djuna, 1892-1982, Lesbians' writings, history and criticism, American fiction, women authors, English fiction, women authors, Erotic stories, history and criticism, Homosexuality in literature, Loss (psychology), English Lesbian erotic storiesPlaces
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Following Djuna: Women Lovers and the Erotics of Loss
1996, Indiana University Press
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Following Djuna: Women Lovers and the Erotics of Loss
1996, Indiana University Press
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Following Djuna: women lovers and the erotics of loss
1996, Indiana University Press
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 125-135) and index.
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