Chances are : contingency, queer theory, and American literature /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Rohy, Valerie (Author)
Corporate Author:	Taylor & Francis
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2020.
Subjects:	American literature > History and criticism > 19th century. American literature > History and criticism > 20th century. Homosexuality in literature. Queer theory. Homosexuality and literature. Gender identity in literature. Homosexualité dans la littérature. Théorie queer. Homosexualité et littérature. Identité sexuelle dans la littérature. SOCIAL SCIENCE > Gender Studies. American literature. 1800-1999 Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

Introduction: Taking chances
Part I. Heterosexual necessity. Gambling on marriage : The house of mirth and The pit
The calculus of probabilities : Poe, contingency, and detection
Part II. Accidental narratives. Racism, retroaction, and the marriage plot : Alger and Emerson
Racial contingency : Iola Leroy and Passing
Part III. Contingent reading. Interpretation by chance : Bechdel, Winnicott, Woolf
Exchanging hours : a dialogue on time
Conclusion: Not knowing.