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The other Orpheus : a poetics of modern homosexuality /

This book posits that male homoeroticism is a crucial component of any comprehensive understanding of modernism and the crisis of modern masculine identity.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Cole, Merrill, 1966-
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Routledge, 2003.
Subjects:	Eliot, T. S. > (Thomas Stearns), > 1888-1965. > Waste land. Crane, Hart, > 1899-1932 > Criticism and interpretation. Rimbaud, Arthur, > 1854-1891. > Illuminations. Orpheus > (Greek mythological character) > In literature. American poetry > 20th century > History and criticism. Homosexuality and literature > United States > History > 20th century. Homosexuality and literature > France > History > 19th century. Modernism (Literature) > United States. Erotic poetry > History and criticism. Sex in literature.
Online Access:	Full text (MFA users only)
ISBN:	0203509277 9780203509272 9786610076246 6610076243
Local Note:	ProQuest Ebook Central

Table of Contents:

The intellectual life of the feelings
The anatomy of decision : modernist bodies and the meaning of "no"
The rack of enchantments : "new love" in Rimbaud's illuminations
Jouissance of the commodities : Rimbaud against erotic reification
Empire of the closet : erotic colonization in the waste land
Perversion's permanent target : Hart Crane and the uses of memory.