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hrjI've been on something of a book-buying and library spree lately for the Lesbian Historic Motif Project--not that I didn't already have plenty of material on my own shelves to last for another couple of years already! But it's always nice to have choice, and after covering a whole string of entire books, I wanted to fit in some shorter articles. By the time I finished with Castle's book last week, I'd actually expected to have the new front-end for the LHMP (and my blog as a whole) up and running, but the combination of an intensive project at work (for the last five weeks) and the push to get Mother of Souls out to the beta-readers meant that I've fallen down on my end of the necessary work. (My web masters are being very patient.) So I'll keep teasing you with the knowledge that Something New is coming Real Soon Now.
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(I explain the LHMP here and provide a cumulative index.)
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Jay, Karla & Joanne Glasgow (eds). 1990. Lesbian Texts and Contexts: Radical Revisions. New York University Press, New York. ISBN 0-8147-4177
This is a collection of literary studies relating to the theme of lesbianism, whether of the author or content, and specifically within the framework of lesbian/feminism. There are 22 papers in all, however I’ll be holding strictly to my pre-1900 scope. Literary critism is already marginal to the purpose of the Lesbian Historic Motif Project, except to the extent that the articles highlight literary works that themselves are of interest.
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Bennett, Paula. “The Pea That Duty Locks: Lesbian and Feminist-Heterosexual Readings of Emily Dickinson’s Poetry” in Jay, Karla & Joanne Glasgow (eds). 1990. Lesbian Texts and Contexts: Radical Revisions. New York University Press, New York. ISBN 0-8147-4177
There is an entire industry devoted to finding homoerotic content in Emily Dickinson’s work and life. Bennett looks at several of Dickinson’s works that provide a gendered addressee (male or female) and interprets the images and the nature of the implied relationship. Also treated are images and metaphors interpreted as portraying female sexuality (whether in relation to a man or woman). Bennett also manages to conclude that a number of Dickenson’s images are specifically clitoral metaphors, although I think this is moving into the realm of speculation rather than interpretation.
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(I explain the LHMP here and provide a cumulative index.)
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Jay, Karla & Joanne Glasgow (eds). 1990. Lesbian Texts and Contexts: Radical Revisions. New York University Press, New York. ISBN 0-8147-4177
This is a collection of literary studies relating to the theme of lesbianism, whether of the author or content, and specifically within the framework of lesbian/feminism. There are 22 papers in all, however I’ll be holding strictly to my pre-1900 scope. Literary critism is already marginal to the purpose of the Lesbian Historic Motif Project, except to the extent that the articles highlight literary works that themselves are of interest.
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Bennett, Paula. “The Pea That Duty Locks: Lesbian and Feminist-Heterosexual Readings of Emily Dickinson’s Poetry” in Jay, Karla & Joanne Glasgow (eds). 1990. Lesbian Texts and Contexts: Radical Revisions. New York University Press, New York. ISBN 0-8147-4177
There is an entire industry devoted to finding homoerotic content in Emily Dickinson’s work and life. Bennett looks at several of Dickinson’s works that provide a gendered addressee (male or female) and interprets the images and the nature of the implied relationship. Also treated are images and metaphors interpreted as portraying female sexuality (whether in relation to a man or woman). Bennett also manages to conclude that a number of Dickenson’s images are specifically clitoral metaphors, although I think this is moving into the realm of speculation rather than interpretation.
