Surfacing the Politics of Desire : : Literature, Feminism and Myth / / Rajeshwari S. Vallury.
A particular model of masculine desire has traditionally been evoked in an effort to understand the subordinate role of women in male-authored fiction. Because of this, the belief that male-authored texts are unfailingly built upon the denial of feminine difference has come to dominate many aspects...
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Vallury, Rajeshwari S., author. Surfacing the Politics of Desire : Literature, Feminism and Myth / Rajeshwari S. Vallury. Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2016] ©2008 1 online resource text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Pierre et Jean, or the Erring of Oedipus -- 2. The Error of Narcissus -- 3. The Three Virtues of Imperceptibility, Indiscernibility, and Impersonality -- 4. Becoming-flower, Becomingimperceptible: Oedipus, Narcissus, and Their Lines of Flight in Sarrasine and Le chef-d'oeuvre inconnu -- 5. Beyond the Dialectic of Self and Other: Towards a Thought of the Surface -- 6. 'Une jouissance d'épiderme': From Platonic Height and Depth to the Deleuzian Surface in Gautier's Mademoiselle de Maupin -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star A particular model of masculine desire has traditionally been evoked in an effort to understand the subordinate role of women in male-authored fiction. Because of this, the belief that male-authored texts are unfailingly built upon the denial of feminine difference has come to dominate many aspects of literary studies. "Surfacing" the Politics of Desire re-examines the "myths" of masculine desire in order to challenge this premise, placing literature at the centre of recent feminist debates over the ontology and politics of sexual difference. Citing examples of textual resistance to analytical feminist thought, Rajeshwari S. Vallury argues that literature is expressive of desires that are not always configured in terms of oppression or the denial of difference. In other words, a particular politics of reading obscures the multiplicity of desire that literature is capable of affirming and risks sacrificing the possibilities of both literature and desire. Through a re-evaluation of the sexual politics practiced by nineteenth-century male writers such as Balzac, Gautier, and Maupassant, Vallury moves towards a reconfiguration of the relationship between aesthetics and politics. "Surfacing" the Politics of Desire calls into question dominant feminist approaches to the literary representation of gender. Enlisting the philosophy of Deleuze and Guattari, Vallury calls for a different method of reading, one based on a deeper understanding of the politics of literature. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019) Desire in literature. French fiction 19th century History and criticism. French literature Male authors History and criticism. Women in literature. LITERARY CRITICISM / Feminist. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter UTP eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2015 9783110667691 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook Package Backlist 2000-2013 9783110490954 print 9780802090386 https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442689244 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9781442689244.jpg |
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Vallury, Rajeshwari S., Surfacing the Politics of Desire : Literature, Feminism and Myth / Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Pierre et Jean, or the Erring of Oedipus -- 2. The Error of Narcissus -- 3. The Three Virtues of Imperceptibility, Indiscernibility, and Impersonality -- 4. Becoming-flower, Becomingimperceptible: Oedipus, Narcissus, and Their Lines of Flight in Sarrasine and Le chef-d'oeuvre inconnu -- 5. Beyond the Dialectic of Self and Other: Towards a Thought of the Surface -- 6. 'Une jouissance d'épiderme': From Platonic Height and Depth to the Deleuzian Surface in Gautier's Mademoiselle de Maupin -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Pierre et Jean, or the Erring of Oedipus -- 2. The Error of Narcissus -- 3. The Three Virtues of Imperceptibility, Indiscernibility, and Impersonality -- 4. Becoming-flower, Becomingimperceptible: Oedipus, Narcissus, and Their Lines of Flight in Sarrasine and Le chef-d'oeuvre inconnu -- 5. Beyond the Dialectic of Self and Other: Towards a Thought of the Surface -- 6. 'Une jouissance d'épiderme': From Platonic Height and Depth to the Deleuzian Surface in Gautier's Mademoiselle de Maupin -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Pierre et Jean, or the Erring of Oedipus -- 2. The Error of Narcissus -- 3. The Three Virtues of Imperceptibility, Indiscernibility, and Impersonality -- 4. Becoming-flower, Becomingimperceptible: Oedipus, Narcissus, and Their Lines of Flight in Sarrasine and Le chef-d'oeuvre inconnu -- 5. Beyond the Dialectic of Self and Other: Towards a Thought of the Surface -- 6. 'Une jouissance d'épiderme': From Platonic Height and Depth to the Deleuzian Surface in Gautier's Mademoiselle de Maupin -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
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