Sexual anarchy : gender and culture at the fin de siècle /

" ... Exploration of the extraordinary parallels between the ends of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and their representations in literature, art, and film"--Jacket, page [2].

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Showalter, Elaine (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York, N.Y., U.S.A. : Viking, 1990.
Subjects:	English literature > 19th century > History and criticism. Sex in literature. American literature > 19th century > History and criticism. Decadence (Literary movement) > English-speaking countries. Homosexuality and literature > English-speaking countries. Feminism and literature > English-speaking countries. Littérature anglaise > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique Sexualité dans la littérature Littérature américaine > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique Civilisation > 19e siècle Civilisation > 20e siècle Décadentisme Homosexualité et littérature Féminisme et littérature American literature. Decadence (Literary movement) English literature. Feminism and literature. Homosexuality and literature. English-speaking countries. Erotik > Motiv Literatur Sexualität Feminism and literature > Great Britain > 19th century. Women and literature > Great Britain > 19th century. Sex role in literature. Englisch. USA. 1800-1899 Geschichte 1880-1990. Sex roles Student Collection. Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Table of Contents:

Borderlines
Odd women
New women
Queen George
King romance
Dr. Jekyll's closet
The woman's case
The veiled woman
Decadence, homosexuality, and feminism
The way we write now : syphilis and AIDS.