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This study shows that the potential for subversion personified by the German writer W. G. Sebald's solitary males is essential for understanding his work, while also demonstrating the contribution that Sebald made to the German tradition of queer writing.

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"...one of the most important books on Sebald to date." -- Vertigo Vertigo

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Introduction: Naegeli's Bones 1. W. G. Sebald's Lehrjahre: Bourgeois Sexuality and its Discontents 2. Bachelors in Feather Boas: Masculinity Gone Astray 3. The Ruins of Sodom and Gomorrah: Queer Orientalism and Colonialism 4. Eros in Venice: The Strange Case of Dr S. and Dr K. 5. Conclusion

Sebald's Bachelors: Queer Resistance and the

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      Publisher: Maney Publishing
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 13/06/2013
      ISBN13: 9781907975905, 978-1907975905
      ISBN10: 190797590X
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This study shows that the potential for subversion personified by the German writer W. G. Sebald's solitary males is essential for understanding his work, while also demonstrating the contribution that Sebald made to the German tradition of queer writing.

      Trade Review
      "...one of the most important books on Sebald to date." -- Vertigo Vertigo

      Table of Contents
      Introduction: Naegeli's Bones 1. W. G. Sebald's Lehrjahre: Bourgeois Sexuality and its Discontents 2. Bachelors in Feather Boas: Masculinity Gone Astray 3. The Ruins of Sodom and Gomorrah: Queer Orientalism and Colonialism 4. Eros in Venice: The Strange Case of Dr S. and Dr K. 5. Conclusion

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