Lesbian panic : homoeroticism in modern British women's fiction / Patricia Juliana Smith.

Author/creator Smith, Patricia Juliana
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Columbia University Press, ©1997.
Descriptionxvii, 236 pages ; 24 cm.
Subjects
Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941--Characters. --Lesbians.
English fiction--Women authors. --History and criticism.
Lesbians in literature.
Homosexuality and literature--Great Britain. --History. --20th century.
Women and literature--Great Britain. --History. --20th century.
English fiction--20th century. --History and criticism.

SeriesBetween men--between women
Between men--between women. ^A274888
Contents Introduction : toward an axiom of lesbian panic -- "This very queer knowledge": Virginia Woolf's narratives of female homoerotic desire -- "Are you a lesbian, mumbo?": Freudian discourse, shame, and panic in postwar pre-feminist fictions -- "The proper names for things": the lesbian in postmodern women's fiction.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 96048366
ISBN0231106203 (acid-free paper)
ISBN0231106211 (pbk. : acid-free paper)

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Joyner General Stacks PR888.L46 S66 1997 ✔ Available Place Hold