Sapphic Fathers: Discourses of Same-Sex Desire from Nineteenth-Century France

Gretchen Schultz

Published by University of Toronto Press 2014

Sapphic Fathers

Discourses of Same-Sex Desire from Nineteenth-Century France

Gretchen Schultz

https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442666399

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Gretchen Schultz explores how male writers and their readers in late nineteenth-century France took lesbianism as a cipher for apprehensions about sex and gender during a time of social and political upheaval.

Author / Editor information

Schultz Gretchen :

Gretchen Schultz is a professor in the Department of French Studies at Brown University.

Reviews

Carol Mossman:

‘One of the amazing "take always" of this ambitious study is the uncovering of the enormous intertextual debt of the American lesbian pulp movement to the French "Sapphic fathers."

Brian Dempsey:

‘Schultz succeeds brilliantly in bringing nineteenth-century French culture, social concerns and gender politics vividly to life.’

A.M. Rea:

‘The scholars of 19th- century France will recognize this wide ranging, deeply researched, beautifully expressed study of both elite and popular culture as a major contribution… Highly recommended.’

A.M. Rea:

‘Wide-ranging, deeply researched, beautifully expressed study of both elite and popular culture…. Highly recommended.’

Peter Cryle, Emeritus Professor, Centre for the History of European Discourses, University of Queensland:

“A significant scholarly achievement. Readers whose primary interest is in cultural or intellectual history have a lot to gain from this research.”

Melanie C. Hawthorne, Department of European and Classical Languages and Cultures, Texas A&M University:

“Gretchen Schultz presents a unique and novel perspective on an important topic. The final chapter is a tour de force of literary history and criticism.”

Laure Murat, Department of French and Francophone Studies, University of California, Los Angeles:

“Sapphic Fathers analyses a vast array of literature on lesbianism written by male authors in nineteenth-century France, and whose influence can be traced into American culture and especially pulp fiction. A serious and well-documented account.”

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Illustrations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ix
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xi
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xiii
Introduction: Backstories Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1. The Poetics of Lesbian Identification Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	27
2. Tribades for Sale: Popular Fiction and Backroom Books Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	65
3. Dystopian Sapphism: Anti-Feminism, Class Warfare, and the Elite Novel at the Fin de Siècle Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	105
4. Scientia Sapphica Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	151
5. Intertexts and Afterlives: From the French Canon to U.S. Lesbian Pulps Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	187
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	231
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	261
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	285

Language: English
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Audience: College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 320
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 20
- Other: 20 b&w illustrations

eBook

Published: December 18, 2014
ISBN: 9781442666399