Homosexuality in the Life and Work of Joseph Conrad Love Between the Lines |
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| Author:
| Ruppel, Richard J. |
| Series title: | Studies in Major Literary Authors Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-281-45672-4 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2007 |
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis Group
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $133.00 |
Book Description:
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"Homoeroticism and Homosexuality in the Life and Fiction of Joseph Conrad" examines the representations of homosexuality and homoeroticism in Conrad's fiction. Drawing on the work of Geoffrey Galt Harpham, Robert Hodges, Wayne Koestenbaum, Christopher Lane, and others who have already begun unearthing and analyzing this subject, the author traces Conrad's representations of homosexuality and homoeroticism, beginning with the Malay works and ending with "The Shadow Line." In Conrad's...
More Description"Homoeroticism and Homosexuality in the Life and Fiction of Joseph Conrad" examines the representations of homosexuality and homoeroticism in Conrad's fiction. Drawing on the work of Geoffrey Galt Harpham, Robert Hodges, Wayne Koestenbaum, Christopher Lane, and others who have already begun unearthing and analyzing this subject, the author traces Conrad's representations of homosexuality and homoeroticism, beginning with the Malay works and ending with "The Shadow Line." In Conrad's lifetime, the homosexual "species" came under increasing scrutiny, definition, and censure; same-sex desire was an increasingly contested issue within popular, legal, and medical discourses. As Ruppel shows, Conrad's fiction traces this interest, though most often in subterranean ways.