{"product_id":"the-italian-invert-9780231204880","title":"The Italian Invert","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the late nineteenth century, a young Italian aristocrat made an astonishing confession: In a series of revealing letters, he frankly described his sexual experiences with other men. This is the first complete, unexpurgated version in English of this remarkable queer autobiography.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA brilliant archival discovery, a triumph of careful scholarship, an unsuspected episode in modern literature, a moving testimony about sex and love, and a fascinating, previously censored chapter in the history of sexuality. Rosenfeld masterfully restores the context in which conscious writing about homosexuality emerged in Europe during the last decades of the nineteenth century. -- David Halperin, W. H. Auden Distinguished University Professor, University of Michigan\u003cbr\u003eThe contributors to this brilliantly edited and translated text make the queer past come alive. Readers will not only recognize a young man’s struggle with his gender and sexual identities, but also the difficulty he had in telling his own story in a homophobic society. -- Andrew Israel Ross, author of \u003ci\u003ePublic City\/Public Sex: Homosexuality, Prostitution, and Urban Culture in Nineteenth-Century Paris\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhether you persist in reading it as a proto-naturalist novel (despite the opinions of the editors of this volume) or treat it as a sociological document, \u003ci\u003eThe Italian Invert\u003c\/i\u003e is a classic text of nineteenth-century sexology the interest of which is by no means limited to French (or Italian) studies. Richly enhanced here with critical notes, this volume makes a revised and expanded version of the primary documents available in English and also adds important essays that situate and enlarge their scope. The text reflects the latest archival discoveries, which include manuscripts and illustrations, as well as new information about the mysterious \"Dr. Laupts.\" Whether one is interested in the history of (homo)sexuality or in literary questions (such as the \"queerness\" of Zola), this is an indispensable tool that belongs on every researcher's shelf. -- Melanie Hawthorne, Texas A\u0026amp;M University\u003cbr\u003eThe 'Italian invert’s confessions' have long been known to historians of sexuality, yet this new edition lends them an authenticity never before enjoyed....The editors have included everything scholars might want to know: abundant annotations, prefaces, commentaries on each recension, and a full index. * European Legacy *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Illustrations\u003cbr\u003ePrologue, by Cyrille Zola-Place\u003cbr\u003eForeword to the French Edition, by Alain Pagès\u003cbr\u003eForeword to the American Edition, by Vernon A. Rosario\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: The \u003ci\u003eMénage-à-Trois\u003c\/i\u003e of Zola, Saint-Paul, and the Italian “Invert,” by Michael Rosenfeld with Nancy Erber\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: The Confessions of a Homosexual to Émile Zola\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface by Émile Zola\u003cbr\u003eThe Novel of an Invert\u003cbr\u003eThe Sequel to the Novel of an Invert\u003cbr\u003eOther Particularities\u003cbr\u003eThe Italian Man’s Family Tree, by Michael Rosenfeld\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: Selected Works by Dr. Georges Saint-Paul\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDr. Georges Saint-Paul, Man of Science, by Clive Thomson\u003cbr\u003eFirst Edition (1896)\u003cbr\u003eIn Memoriam: Émile Zola\u003cbr\u003eSecond Edition (1910)\u003cbr\u003eThird Edition (1930)\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eList of Contributors\u003cbr\u003eIndex","brand":"Columbia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49524657783127,"sku":"9780231204880","price":80.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780231204880.jpg?v=1731857641","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-italian-invert-9780231204880","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}