- Description
- xiii, 249 pages cm.; 24 cm.
- Summary
- "The Outside Thing argues for the significance of literary and affective romance in shaping the work of three major modern lesbian writers: Gertrude Stein, Radclyffe Hall, and Djuna Barnes"--
- Series Statement
- Gender and culture
- Subject
- Stein, Gertrude, 1874-1946 > Criticism and interpretation
- Hall, Radclyffe > Criticism and interpretation
- Barnes, Djuna > Criticism and interpretation
- Barnes, Djuna
- Hall, Radclyffe
- Stein, Gertrude, 1874-1946
- 1900-1999
- Lesbians' writings, American > History and criticism
- Lesbians' writings, English > History and criticism
- Literature, Modern > 20th century > History and criticism
- Lesbianism in literature
- Lesbians' writings, American
- Lesbians' writings, English
- Literature, Modern
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Introduction: locating the lesbian writer, or "we inside us do not change" -- Part I: Gertrude Stein. "The outside thing" and things as they are: Gertrude Stein's lesbian romance -- "No there there:" inside the marriage plot -- Part II: Radclyffe Hall. Strange soil and novel ground: Radclyffe Hall's romance plots -- Romantic emblems and "the real thing:" writing the souline affair -- Part III: Djuna Barnes. From lesbian reading to bisexual writing: switching tracks with Djuna Barnes -- The trapeze effect: Djuna Barnes's bisexual romance -- Coda: a happy ending?
- ISBN
- LCCN
- 2018048954
- OCLC
- YBP 2018048954
- Author
Roche, Hannah, 1985- author.
- Title
The outside thing : modernist lesbian romance / Hannah Roche.
- Publisher
New York : Columbia University Press, [2019]
- Type of Content
text
- Type of Medium
unmediated
- Type of Carrier
volume
- Series
Gender and culture
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Chronological Term
1900-1999
- Other Form:
Online version: Roche, Hannah, 1985- Outside thing. New York : Columbia University Press, [2019] 9780231547697 (DLC) 2018059156