Objects of desire
the madonnas of modernism
by Beryl Schlossman
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"Continuing her analysis of modernism and its relation to earlier periods of literature and thought, Beryl Schlossman explores secular modernist use of female characters - "madonnas of modernism" - as emblems of forbidden desire. Although these works appear to depict characters who assume conventional gender roles, Schlossman asserts, their renderings of scenes of love ultimately blur gender identity and dissolve it in the text.
Through an innovative use of style, her literary examples articulate an art of seduction and an aesthetic that transforms, suspends, or erases identity - individual, gender, social, and cultural."--BOOK JACKET.
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Classical influences, Desire in literature, History and criticism, Love in literature, Modern Literature, Modernism (Literature), Virginity in literature, Women in literature, Literature, modern, history and criticism, 20th century, Literature, modern, history and criticism, 19th century, Sex in literature, European literatureTimes
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Objects of desire: the madonnas of modernism
1999, Cornell University Press
in English
0801436494 9780801436499
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