Pierre Loti and the theatricality of desire /

Pierre Loti and the theatricality of desire /

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Author / Creator:	Turberfield, Peter James.
Imprint:	Amsterdam : Rodopi, 2008.
Description:	1 online resource (264 pages) : illustrations.
Language:	English
Series:	Faux titre, 0167-9392 ; 309 Faux titre ; no. 309.
Subject:	Loti, Pierre, -- 1850-1923 -- Criticism and interpretation. Loti, Pierre, -- 1850-1923 French fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism. French fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism. Exoticism in literature. Sex in literature. Women in literature. Desire in literature. Desire in literature. Exoticism in literature. French fiction. Sex in literature. Women in literature. Criticism, interpretation, etc. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11163161

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ISBN:	9781435640719 1435640713 9789401205573 9401205574 9042023635 9789042023635 9042023635 9789042023635
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-264). Print version record.
Summary:	Pierre Loti and the Theatricality of Desire offers an original analysis of patterns of unconscious desire observable in the life and work of the French orientalist writer Pierre Loti. It aims to reconcile attitudes and conduct that have been regarded as contradictory and not amenable to analysis by locating the unconscious urges that motivate them. It looks at the ambiguous feelings Loti expresses towards his mother, the conflicting desires inherent in his bisexuality, and his deeply ambiguous sense of a cultural identity as expressed through his cross-cultural transvestism. The political impl.
Other form:	Print version: Turberfield, Peter James. Pierre Loti and the theatricality of desire. Amsterdam : Rodopi, 2008 9789042023635 9042023635
Standard no.:	9789042023635

Table of Contents:

Pierre Loti and the Theatricality of Desire; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1 Theatricality; Chapter 2 The Cast; Chapter 3 The Stage; Chapter 4 The Wardrobe; Chapter 5 The Audience; General Bibliography; Bibliography of Texts by and on Loti.