1st Edition
Reading and Writing Italian Homosexuality A Case of Possible Difference
By Derek Duncan
Copyright 2006
184 Pages
by
Routledge
184 Pages
by
Routledge
184 Pages
by
Routledge
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Derek Duncan's timely study is the first book in English to examine constructions of male homosexuality in Italian literature. In admirably clear and elegant prose, Duncan analyzes texts ranging from the 1890s through the 1990s. He brings canonical authors like D'Annunzio and Pasolini together with under-appreciated writers like Comisso, and also looks at less conventionally literary genres.... Read more
Contents: Introduction: Reading and writing Italian homosexuality: something like a subject; Choice objects: the bodies of Gabriele D'Annunzio; Race and the fictions of homosexuality; Travelling with Fascism: the 'strange couplings' of Giovanni Comisso; The little boys' room: Pasolini's approach to homosexuality; Pier Vittorio Tondelli: nationalizing the gay body; Speaking out: the subject of gay autobiography; Afterword: possible subjects; Bibliography; Index.
Biography
Dr Derek Duncan is Senior Lecturer in Italian Studies at the University of Bristol, UK.
'At last queer theory meets the fictions of modern Italy and the results are dazzling. Duncan’s smart, critically cautious readings trace the labored emergence of a queer Italian subject entangled in the webs of nationalism, fascism, gender, the body, and racisms old and new. This book brings Italian Studies into the new millennium.' Gary P. Cestaro, DePaul University, USA and Editor of Queer Italia: Same-Sex Desire in Italian Literature and Film ’Derek Duncan weaves an elegant and thought-provoking narrative which establishes Italian homosexuality as a viable field of research... Duncan's close readings are sensitive and cogent, and his contribution to the field therefore undeniable... Reading and Writing italian Homosexuality deserves to be praised for providing an insightful and pioneering discussion of the homosexual presence in modern Italian literature.’ Modern Language Review
