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Transgender and the literary imagination changing gender in twentieth-century writing

Title
Transgender and the literary imagination [electronic resource] : changing gender in twentieth-century writing / Rachel Carroll.
Author
Carroll, Rachel.
Publication
[Edinburgh] : Edinburgh University Press, [2018]

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Description
1 online resource (248 pages)
Summary
Transgender and the Literary Imagination is the first full length study to revisit twentieth century narratives and their afterlives, examining the extent to which they have reflected, shaped or transformed changing understandings of gender. Grounded in feminist scholarship, informed by queer theory and indebted to transgender studies, this book investigates the ways in which transgender identities and histories have been 'authored by others', with a focus on literary fiction by British, Irish and American authors, life writing and adaptation for stage and screen--from publisher's website.
Uniform Title
Transgender and the literary imagination (Online)
Alternative Title
Transgender and the literary imagination (Online)
Subject
  • 1900-1999
  • English literature > 20th century > History and criticism
  • Gender identity in literature
  • Transgender people in literature
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access (note)
  • Access restricted to authorized users.
Contents
Introduction: transgender and the literary imagination: changing gender in twentieth-century writing -- 'Two men, so dissimilar': class, marriage and masculinity in George Moore's Albert Nobbs (1918) and Simone Benmussa's The singular life of Albert Nobbs (1977) -- 'She had never been a woman': second wave feminism, femininity and transgender in Angela Carter's The passion of new Eve (1977) -- Playing the breeches part: feminist appropriations, biographical fictions and colonial contexts in Patricia Duncker's James Miranda Barry (1999) -- Two beings/one body: intersex lives and transsexual narratives in Man into woman (1931) and David Ebershoff's The Danish girl (2000) -- Blue births and last words: rewriting race, nation and family in Jackie Kay's Trumpet (1998) -- Never an unhappy hour: Revisiting marriage in film adaptations of Albert Nobbs (2011) and The Danish girl (2016).
LCCN
2018289729
OCLC
ssj0002151972
Author
Carroll, Rachel.
Title
Transgender and the literary imagination [electronic resource] : changing gender in twentieth-century writing / Rachel Carroll.
Imprint
[Edinburgh] : Edinburgh University Press, [2018]
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
Connect to:
Available from home with a valid library card
Available onsite at NYPL
Chronological Term
1900-1999
Other Form:
Electronic version: Carroll, Rachel. Transgender and the literary imagination. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2018 9781474414678 (OCoLC)1048428913
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