
Description
In this elegant book, modernism is illuminated through little-known but striking works by Ezra Pound, Gertrude Stein, and others who revived the "closet drama"--plays written largely for private reading--as a means of exploring forbidden sexualities.
Product Details
Publisher | Yale University Press |
Publish Date | October 26, 2010 |
Pages | 240 |
Language | English |
Type | |
EAN/UPC | 9780300155396 |
Dimensions | 9.1 X 6.1 X 0.7 inches | 0.8 pounds |
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Reviews
"Salvato's queer readings of the closet drama of Pound, Zukofsky, Stein and Barnes provide fascinating and original insights into a whole range of current concerns, among them theatricality and performativity, sexuality, nationhood, and modernism."--Marvin Carlson, The Graduate Center, City University of New York
--Marvin Carlson"A cogent and careful project...This timely work will appeal to a broad readership increasingly interested in relationships between literary and theatre/performance studies. It reveals key and often unexpected connections between major modernist writers, offers illuminating new readings of well known texts, and promotes hitherto less-known works."--Alan Ackerman, University of Toronto--Alan Ackerman
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