The outside thing : modernist lesbian romance /
Hannah Roche
- New York : Columbia University Press, (c)2019.
- 1 online resource (xiii, 249 pages) : illustrations
- Gender and culture .
Includes bibliographies and index.
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?
"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"--
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Stein, Gertrude, 1874-1946 --Criticism and interpretation. Hall, Radclyffe--Criticism and interpretation. Barnes, Djuna--Criticism and interpretation.
Lesbians' writings, American--History and criticism. Lesbians' writings, English--History and criticism. Literature, Modern--History and criticism.--20th century Lesbianism in literature.