Following Djuna

ÒAllenÕs book will . . . provide the categories that will deepen our understanding of lesbian relationships and of lesbian fiction.Ó ÑLesbian Review of Books ÒBarnes scholars will . . . want to pick up Carolyn AllenÕs new book, for it not only offers perceptive readings of ½Nightwood and the ÒLittle GirlÓ stories . . ., but traces the example of BarnesÕs exploration of lesbian power and loss in the fiction of Jeanette Winterson, Rebecca Brown, and the underrated Bertha Harris.Ó ÑReview...
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ÒAllenÕs book will . . . provide the categories that will deepen our understanding of lesbian relationships and of lesbian fiction.Ó ÑLesbian Review of Books ÒBarnes scholars will . . . want to pick up Carolyn AllenÕs new book, for it not only offers perceptive readings of ½Nightwood and the ÒLittle GirlÓ stories . . ., but traces the example of BarnesÕs exploration of lesbian power and loss in the fiction of Jeanette Winterson, Rebecca Brown, and the underrated Bertha Harris.Ó ÑReview of Contemporary Fiction Ò . . . fascinating . . . [a] fine volume . . . Ó ÑChoice Ò½Following Djuna is a fascinating analysis of the textual erotics and lyrical seductions of the work of Djuna Barnes and the writers she influences. This scintillating genealogy of lesbian intertextuality . . . expands the field of lesbian and feminist literary inquiry and concepts of lesbian literary production.Ó ÑJudith Roof ÒAs lesbian literary history, here is an instant classic.Ó ÑJane Marcus ÒThis is an important and necessary book; even further, speaking as an admirer of the writers and literary works it discusses and as a personal expert on lost love, I find Following Djuna irrestible.Ó ÑKaren Helfrich, Lambda Book Report Carolyn Allen argues for the importance of womenÕs fiction in understanding womenÕs eroticsÑemotional and sexual exchanges between women.