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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Patrick McGuinness , Valentina Gosetti , Mathew RickardPublisher: Peter Lang International Academic Publishers Imprint: Peter Lang International Academic Publishers Edition: New edition Volume: 30 Weight: 0.402kg ISBN: 9781800791756ISBN 10: 1800791755 Pages: 260 Publication Date: 27 September 2021 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsContents: «Idées Masculines»: The Intertextual Poetics of Masculinity in Joris- Karl Huysmans’s À Rebours (1884) – «Vers le sabbat»: Occult Initiation and Non- Normative Masculinity in Jean Lorrain’s Monsieur de Phocas (1901) – Who’s on Top?: Dequeering and Requeering Rachilde – The (Im)potency of the Pen(is): Mirbeau’s Masculine Author(ity) in Le Calvaire (1886).ReviewsIn a lively and engaging style, Rickard deploys contemporary queer and masculinities theories to bring to light a Decadent poetics of masculinity. This is an impressive work which traces a trajectory from Decadent literature to representations of queer identities in twentieth and twenty-first century French literature. (Nigel Harkness, Newcastle University) In this provocative and engaging contribution to nineteenth-century masculinity studies that focuses on the poetics of non-normative decadent types in selected novels by J.-K. Huysmans, Jean Lorrain, Rachilde and Octave Mirbeau, Rickard invites us to reflect on what it means to be a man at the fin de siecle. (Jane Desmarais, Goldsmiths, University of London) Author InformationMathew Rickard studied French and Spanish literature and culture at Queen’s University Belfast, where he recently earned his PhD in French studies. He is currently maître de langue at the Université de Picardie Jules Verne’s antenna campus in Beauvais, France. He has presented and published his work in English and French in the UK, Ireland, and mainland Europe. His broader research interests include book culture, intertextuality, transgression and gender studies, with a particular focus on masculinities and queer theory. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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