Secrecy and Sapphic Modernism Reading Romans à Clef Between the Wars
Description
Novels by significant Modernist authors can be described as romans à clef , providing insight into restrictions governing the representation of female homosexuality in the early twentieth century. Nair argues that key novels of the period represented same-sex desire through the encryption of personal references directed towards coterie audiences.
Keywords
Social ScienceGender StudiesLiterary CriticismSemiotics & TheoryModern20th CenturyFictionWomen's StudiesAnthropologyCultural & Social
2011Book
Author(s)Sashi Nair
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan UK
ISBN9780230298378
LanguageEnglish
