The Resource Are girls necessary? : lesbian writing and modern histories, Julie Abraham
Are girls necessary? : lesbian writing and modern histories, Julie Abraham
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The item Are girls necessary? : lesbian writing and modern histories, Julie Abraham represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of San Diego Libraries.
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- Summary
- Are girls necessary?'' asks Julie Abraham in this provocative study of 20th-century lesbian writing. Examining the development of lesbian writing in English across the 20th Century, Abraham identifies a shift from this ̀̀romance'' model to a more complicated ̀̀history'' model. The great modernists, Woolf and Stein, as well as the popular writers of succeeding generations, like Mary Renault, looked to historical narratives, creating an important change in the way the ̀̀lesbian story'' is built. The possibilities in lesbian writing, from the early romance plots through to the post-1960s liberati
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st University of Minnesota Press ed
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xxiv, 213 pages)
- Note
- Originally published: New York : Routledge, 1996
- Contents
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- Preface: "Are Girls Necessary?"; Introduction: "I Have a Narrative"; Part I: "Tell the Lacadaemonians"; 1. Willa Cather's New World Histories; 2. Mary Renault's Greek Drama; Part II: "Love Is Writing"; 3. Washington, James, (Toklas), and Stein; 4. Djuna Barnes, Memory, and Forgetting; 5. Virginia Woolf and the Sexual Histories of Literature; Afterword: "Reading and the Experiences of Everyday Life"; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; V; W; Y; Z
- Isbn
- 9780816666584
- Label
- Are girls necessary? : lesbian writing and modern histories
- Title
- Are girls necessary?
- Title remainder
- lesbian writing and modern histories
- Statement of responsibility
- Julie Abraham
- Subject
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- American fiction
- American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism
- American fiction -- Women authors
- American fiction -- Women authors | History and criticism
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Electronic books
- English fiction
- English fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism
- English fiction -- Women authors
- English fiction -- Women authors | History and criticism
- English-speaking countries
- History
- Homosexuality and literature
- Homosexuality and literature -- English-speaking countries
- 1900-1999
- LITERARY CRITICISM -- Gay & Lesbian
- Lesbians -- English-speaking countries -- Intellectual life
- Lesbians -- Intellectual life
- Lesbians in literature
- Lesbians in literature
- Lesbians' writings, American
- Lesbians' writings, American -- History and criticism
- Lesbians' writings, English
- Lesbians' writings, English -- History and criticism
- Women and literature
- Women and literature -- English-speaking countries -- History -- 20th century
- LITERARY CRITICISM -- American | General
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Are girls necessary?'' asks Julie Abraham in this provocative study of 20th-century lesbian writing. Examining the development of lesbian writing in English across the 20th Century, Abraham identifies a shift from this ̀̀romance'' model to a more complicated ̀̀history'' model. The great modernists, Woolf and Stein, as well as the popular writers of succeeding generations, like Mary Renault, looked to historical narratives, creating an important change in the way the ̀̀lesbian story'' is built. The possibilities in lesbian writing, from the early romance plots through to the post-1960s liberati
- Cataloging source
- N$T
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Abraham, Julie
- Government publication
- government publication of a state province territory dependency etc
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Lesbians' writings, American
- Lesbians' writings, English
- Lesbians
- Lesbians in literature
- Homosexuality and literature
- Women and literature
- American fiction
- English fiction
- American fiction
- English fiction
- LITERARY CRITICISM
- LITERARY CRITICISM
- American fiction
- American fiction
- English fiction
- English fiction
- Homosexuality and literature
- Lesbians in literature
- Lesbians
- Lesbians' writings, American
- Lesbians' writings, English
- Women and literature
- English-speaking countries
- Label
- Are girls necessary? : lesbian writing and modern histories, Julie Abraham
- Note
- Originally published: New York : Routledge, 1996
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-206) and index
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- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Preface: "Are Girls Necessary?"; Introduction: "I Have a Narrative"; Part I: "Tell the Lacadaemonians"; 1. Willa Cather's New World Histories; 2. Mary Renault's Greek Drama; Part II: "Love Is Writing"; 3. Washington, James, (Toklas), and Stein; 4. Djuna Barnes, Memory, and Forgetting; 5. Virginia Woolf and the Sexual Histories of Literature; Afterword: "Reading and the Experiences of Everyday Life"; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; V; W; Y; Z
- Control code
- ocn318223265
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Edition
- 1st University of Minnesota Press ed
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xxiv, 213 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780816666584
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- c
- Note
- JSTOR
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/cttbj68h
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
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- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)318223265
- Label
- Are girls necessary? : lesbian writing and modern histories, Julie Abraham
- Note
- Originally published: New York : Routledge, 1996
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-206) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Preface: "Are Girls Necessary?"; Introduction: "I Have a Narrative"; Part I: "Tell the Lacadaemonians"; 1. Willa Cather's New World Histories; 2. Mary Renault's Greek Drama; Part II: "Love Is Writing"; 3. Washington, James, (Toklas), and Stein; 4. Djuna Barnes, Memory, and Forgetting; 5. Virginia Woolf and the Sexual Histories of Literature; Afterword: "Reading and the Experiences of Everyday Life"; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; V; W; Y; Z
- Control code
- ocn318223265
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Edition
- 1st University of Minnesota Press ed
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xxiv, 213 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780816666584
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Note
- JSTOR
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/cttbj68h
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)318223265
Subject
- American fiction
- American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism
- American fiction -- Women authors
- American fiction -- Women authors | History and criticism
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Electronic books
- English fiction
- English fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism
- English fiction -- Women authors
- English fiction -- Women authors | History and criticism
- English-speaking countries
- History
- Homosexuality and literature
- Homosexuality and literature -- English-speaking countries
- 1900-1999
- LITERARY CRITICISM -- Gay & Lesbian
- Lesbians -- English-speaking countries -- Intellectual life
- Lesbians -- Intellectual life
- Lesbians in literature
- Lesbians in literature
- Lesbians' writings, American
- Lesbians' writings, American -- History and criticism
- Lesbians' writings, English
- Lesbians' writings, English -- History and criticism
- Women and literature
- Women and literature -- English-speaking countries -- History -- 20th century
- LITERARY CRITICISM -- American | General
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