{"product_id":"the-cambridge-companion-to-lesbian-literature-9781107663435","title":"The Cambridge Companion to Lesbian Literature","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Cambridge Companion to Lesbian Literature examines literary representations of lesbian sexuality, identities, and communities, from the medieval period to the present. In addition to providing a helpful orientation to key literary-historical periods, critical concepts, theoretical debates and literary genres, this Companion considers the work of such well-known authors as Virginia Woolf, Adrienne Rich, Audre Lorde, Alison Bechdel and Sarah Waters. Written by a host of leading critics and covering subjects as diverse as lesbian desire in the long eighteenth century and same-sex love in a postcolonial context, this Companion delivers insight into the variety of traditions that have shaped the present landscape of lesbian literature.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLesbian literature?: an introduction Jodie Medd; 1. The queer time of lesbian literature: history and temporality Carla Freccero; 2. Debating definitions: the lesbian in feminist studies and queer studies Annamarie Jagose; 3. Experience, difference, and power Sandra K. Soto; 4. Global desires, postcolonial critique: queer women in nation, migration, and diaspora Shamira A. Meghani; 5. Situating female same-sex love in the middle ages Karma Lochrie; 6. 'Bedfellowes in royaltie': early\/modern Sapphic representations Susan S. Lanser; 7. Writing lesbian desire in the long eighteenth century Caroline Gonda; 8. Lesbian postmortem at the fin de siècle Kate Thomas; 9. Modern times: modernist writing, modern sexualities Madelyn Detloff; 10. Popular genres and 'lesbian' culture: from pulp to crime, and beyond Kaye Mitchell; 11. Lesbian autobiography and memoir Monica Pearl; 12. Lesbianism-poetry\/poetry-lesbianism Amy Sara Carroll; 13. Contemporary lesbian fiction: into the twenty-first century Emma Parker; 14. Comics, graphic narratives, and lesbian lives Heike Bauer.","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769020186967,"sku":"9781107663435","price":22.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-cambridge-companion-to-lesbian-literature-9781107663435","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}