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1 online resource (248 pages) |
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text txt rdacontent |
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computer c rdamedia |
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online resource cr rdacarrier |
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Edinburgh scholarship online |
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Edinburgh scholarship online.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Note |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed August 15, 2018). |
| Contents |
Intro; Introduction Transgender and the Literary Imagination: Changing Gender in Twentieth-Century Writing; Chapter 1 'Two men, so dissimilar': Class, Marriage and Masculinity in George Moore's Albert Nobbs (1918) and Simone Benmussa's The Singular Life of Albert Nobbs (1977); Chapter 2 'She had never been a woman': Second Wave Feminism, Femininity and Transgender in Angela Carter's The Passion of New Eve (1977); Chapter 3 Playing the Breeches Part: Feminist Appropriations, Biographical Fictions and Colonial Contexts in Patricia Duncker's James Miranda Barry (1999) |
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Chapter 4 Two Beings/One Body: Intersex Lives and Transsexual Narratives in Man into Woman (1931) and David Ebershoff's The Danish Girl (2000)Chapter 5 Blue Births and Last Words: Rewriting Race, Nation and Family in Jackie Kay's Trumpet (1998); Chapter 6 Never an Unhappy Hour: Revisiting Marriage in Film Adaptations of Albert Nobbs (2011) and The Danish Girl (2016); Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
Transgender and the Literary Imagination is the first full length study to revisit twentieth century narratives and their afterlives, examining the extent to which they have reflected, shaped or transformed changing understandings of gender. |
| Subject |
English literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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Transgender people in literature.
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Gender identity in literature -- 20th century.
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Littérature anglaise -- 20e siècle -- Histoire et critique.
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Transgenres dans la littérature.
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Identité de genre dans la littérature -- 20e siècle.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Literary.
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LITERARY COLLECTIONS -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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English literature
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Gender identity in literature
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Transgender people in literature
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| Chronological Term |
1900-1999
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 1474414664 9781474414661 (OCoLC)1029887903 |
| ISBN |
9781474414678 (electronic bk.) |
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1474414672 (electronic bk.) |
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1474453872 |
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9781474453875 |
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1474414680 |
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9781474414685 |
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9781474414661 |
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1474414664 |
| Standard No. |
DKDLA 820120-katalog:9910052015805765 |
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