Proust's Lesbianism

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Summary: Highly recommended
Review: If this book can be classified as "queer theory," then it is queer theory done absolutely right. Ladenson's analyses of traditional readings of lesbianism in the novel as transposed male homosexuality, of the dissymmetry between Sodom and Gomorrah in the novel, of voyeurism, of the evolution of Proust's treatment of lesbianism, and finally, of the Narrator's place in the relation between is mother and grandmother, are brilliant. Highly recommended. I haven't read anything as intelligent and marvelously succinct as this in a long time.

Rating:
Summary: Highly recommended
Review: If this book can be classified as "queer theory," then it is queer theory done absolutely right. Ladenson's analyses of traditional readings of lesbianism in the novel as transposed male homosexuality, of the dissymmetry between Sodom and Gomorrah in the novel, of voyeurism, of the evolution of Proust's treatment of lesbianism, and finally, of the Narrator's place in the relation between is mother and grandmother, are brilliant. Highly recommended. I haven't read anything as intelligent and marvelously succinct as this in a long time.

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Summary: The first and last word on Proust's lesbians...
Review: In PROUST'S LESBIANS, Ladenson goes where few critics have gone before and she reads the figure of the lesbian in Proust's works not as a gay man manque, but shockingly as...a lesbian! PROUST'S LESBIANS is a fantastic read - enjoyable, witty, erudite, accessible and highly informative.