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100	1		_aArmbrecht, Thomas J. D.
245	1	0	_aAt the periphery of the center : _bsexuality and literary genre in the works of Marguerite Yourcenar and Julien Green / _cThomas J.D. Armbrecht.
264		1	_aAmsterdam ; _aNew York, NY : _bRodopi, _c2007.
300			_a1 online resource (139 pages)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _2rdacarrier
347			_adata file _2rda
380			_aBibliography
490	1		_aChiasma ; _v23
500			_aOriginally presented as the author's thesis (Brown University, 1999).
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 135-139).
505	0	0	_aPreliminary Material -- INTRODUCTION -- LE THEATRE: “EVOLUTION INTERIEURE” -- “VERITES BANALES QUI NOUS TRANSFORMENT” -- “CARACTERES INVISIBLES”/“MOTS DECISIFS” -- “LA LIBERTE SENSUELLE” -- “SE DIRE:” SELF-REALIZATION THROUGH WRITING -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY.
506			_aAvailable to subscribing member institutions only.
520			_aAt the Periphery of the Center is the first comparison of two of France’s most important twentieth-century authors, Julien Green and Marguerite Yourcenar. It examines textual elements in their plays and novels to draw conclusions about the ways that they represent homosexuality in their texts. Both Yourcenar and Green turned to drama to explore aspects of same-sex desire that they felt unable to express in their prose. The analysis of their plays shows that an emphasis on dialogue and action makes drama a particularly appropriate genre for writing about homosexuality because it affords an author distance and therefore protection from the “proclivities” of his characters. The chapters on the novel show, by contrast, how prose fiction allows an author to explain a character's sexuality with a degree of subtlety difficult to achieve in theatre. Variations in narration and paratext allow writers to avoid condemning discourses and to find an original means of expression instead. At the Periphery brings a new, textually centered approach to Green’s and Yourcenar’s works that is unlike the psychological analyses that often typify queer readings. It will be of great interest to scholars of twentieth-century French literature and of Gender Studies. The book will also appeal to non-academic readers, however, since it is about two French authors who were also American citizens and who wrote about US history and contemporary culture.
600	1	0	_aYourcenar, Marguerite _xCriticism and interpretation.
600	1	0	_aGreen, Julien, _d1900-1998 _xCriticism and interpretation.
600	1	7	_aGreen, Julien, _d1900-1998. _2fast
600	1	7	_aYourcenar, Marguerite. _2fast
650		0	_aSex in literature.
650		7	_aSex in literature. _2fast
655		7	_aCriticism, interpretation, etc. _2fast
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _aArmbrecht, Thomas J.D. _tAt the periphery of the center. _dAmsterdam ; New York, NY : Rodopi, 2007 _z9042021896 _z9789042021891 _w(OCoLC)141385176
830		0	_aChiasma _v23.
830		0	_aLiterature and Cultural Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2007, ISBN: 9789004357969.
856	4		_zDOI: _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789401204293
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