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Ordinary queerness in American modernism /

"Considers the works of Sarah Orne Jewett, Gwendolyn Brooks, Gertrude Stein, and Elizabeth Bishop to locate a queer aesthetic of the ordinary in literary modernism, challenging the notion that queerness and ordinariness are incompatible or antagonistic"-- Provided by publisher.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Shollenberger, Jess (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Columbus : The Ohio State University Press, [2025]
Series:Abnormativities: queer/gender/embodiment.
Subjects:
Jewett, Sarah Orne, > 1849-1909 > Criticism and interpretation.
Brooks, Gwendolyn, > 1917-2000 > Criticism and interpretation.
Stein, Gertrude, > 1874-1946 > Criticism and interpretation.
Bishop, Elizabeth, > 1911-1979 > Criticism and interpretation.
Bishop, Elizabeth.
Modernism (Literature) > United States.
Sexual minorities in literature.
Modernisme (Littérature) > États-Unis.
Minorités sexuelles dans la littérature.
Modernism (Literature)
Sexual minorities in literature
United States
Literary criticism.
Critiques littéraires.
Description
Summary:"Considers the works of Sarah Orne Jewett, Gwendolyn Brooks, Gertrude Stein, and Elizabeth Bishop to locate a queer aesthetic of the ordinary in literary modernism, challenging the notion that queerness and ordinariness are incompatible or antagonistic"-- Provided by publisher.
Physical Description:174 pages ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780814215975
0814215971