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Between Men: English Literature and Male Homosocial Desire (Gender and Culture Series)
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Product Description
Hailed by the New York Times as "one of the most influential texts in gender studies, men's studies and gay studies," this book uncovers the homosocial desire between men, from Restoration comedies to Tennyson's Princess.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #74645 in Books
- Published on: 1993-04-08
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Paperback
- 244 pages
Editorial Reviews
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"Universally cited as the text that ignited gay studies." -- Rolling Stone
About the Author
Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick is the author of Tendencies, The Coherence of Gothic Conventions, and Epistemology of the Closet.
Customer Reviews
A brilliant thinker, a dreadful reader
After establishing a brilliant theoretical framework Sedgwick provides utterly unconvincing and tediously reductive readings of literary works by Shakespeare, Wycherley, Dickens, and others. Read the introduction and then skip the rest.
