Author : Gary Richards
Publisher : LSU Press
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 22,6 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780807130513
A challenge to traditional criticism, this study demonstrates that issues of sexuality - and same-sex desire in particular - were of central importance in the literary production of the Southern Renaissance. Gary Richards draws on contemporary theories of sexuality in reading the fiction of six writers of the era.
Author : Gary Richards
Publisher : LSU Press
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 46,36 MB
Release : 2007-05-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0807132462
A challenge to traditional criticism, this engaging study demonstrates that issues of sexuality-and same-sex desire in particular-were of central importance in the literary production of the Southern Renaissance. Especially during the end of that period-approximately the 1940s and 1950s-the national literary establishment tacitly designated the South as an allowable setting for fictionalized deviancy, thus permitting southern writers tremendous freedom to explore sexual otherness. In Lovers and Beloveds, Gary Richards draws on contemporary theories of sexuality in reading the fiction of six writers of the era who accepted that potentially pejorative characterization as an opportunity: Truman Capote, William Goyen, Harper Lee, Carson McCullers, Lillian Smith, and Richard Wright. Richards skillfully juxtaposes forgotten texts by those writers with canonical works to identify the complex narratives of same-sex desire. In their novels and stories, the authors consistently reimagine gender roles, centralize homoeroticism, and probe its relationship with class, race, biological sex, and southern identity. This is the first book to assess the significance of same-sex desire in a broad range of southern texts, making a crucial contribution to the study of both literature and sexuality.
Author : Emily Henry
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 33,65 MB
Release : 2022-05-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0593334833
“One of my favorite authors.”—Colleen Hoover An insightful, delightful, instant #1 New York Times bestseller from the author of Beach Read and People We Meet on Vacation. Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2022 by Oprah Daily ∙ Today ∙ Parade ∙ Marie Claire ∙ Bustle ∙ PopSugar ∙ Katie Couric Media ∙ Book Bub ∙ SheReads ∙ Medium ∙ The Washington Post ∙ and more! One summer. Two rivals. A plot twist they didn't see coming... Nora Stephens' life is books—she’s read them all—and she is not that type of heroine. Not the plucky one, not the laidback dream girl, and especially not the sweetheart. In fact, the only people Nora is a heroine for are her clients, for whom she lands enormous deals as a cutthroat literary agent, and her beloved little sister Libby. Which is why she agrees to go to Sunshine Falls, North Carolina for the month of August when Libby begs her for a sisters’ trip away—with visions of a small town transformation for Nora, who she’s convinced needs to become the heroine in her own story. But instead of picnics in meadows, or run-ins with a handsome country doctor or bulging-forearmed bartender, Nora keeps bumping into Charlie Lastra, a bookish brooding editor from back in the city. It would be a meet-cute if not for the fact that they’ve met many times and it’s never been cute. If Nora knows she’s not an ideal heroine, Charlie knows he’s nobody’s hero, but as they are thrown together again and again—in a series of coincidences no editor worth their salt would allow—what they discover might just unravel the carefully crafted stories they’ve written about themselves.
Author : Caterina Germani
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 46,85 MB
Release : 2007-12
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 059547764X
It is Alfredo who speaks in these pages, his Love for those of us who follow the Way under his guidance and for those who seek but have not yet found, because his teaching is transmitted from Heart to Heart. Simple, but not easy, essential: Attention, Intention, Dedication practiced with patience and moved forward with impeccability and joy. Immersed in this Love, Caterina offers her extraordinary experience with delicacy and poetry, with the intention of giving pearls that come from the master and offering us another opportunity now that "the solar winds blow stronger," until for us as well, the Love, the Lover, and the Beloved are One.
Author : Walter G. Andrews
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 50,73 MB
Release : 2005-01-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9780822334248
DIVExamines the "golden age" of the culture of the Ottoman empire in the 16th century, exploring sexuality, gender and literary society, as well as the demographics, economics, politics, society of love and other cultural productions of the Ottoman/div
Author : MeiLin Miranda
Publisher : Sans Culotte Press
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 23,9 MB
Release : 2010-09-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0981307175
A trapped immortal planning escape... A prince who is the key... And a magic book that may lead the key to open the lock... Just turned 18, Prince Temmin Antremont has finally joined his father's court, only to walk straight into a power struggle between the secular and the sacred. The twin gods of love and sex call Temmin to serve in the Lovers' Temple for two years, a call made even more tempting by the seductive twins who embody the gods. Prophecy suggests that Temmin's entrance into the Temple spells the kingdom's end, and the King will stop at nothing to prevent it. But the king's own advisor, a strange immortal called Teacher, comes to Temmin's aid. Why? And does the kingdom's fate really hinge on one young man's decision? Lovers and Beloveds is the first book in the acclaimed Victorianesque fantasy series An Intimate History of the Greater Kingdom, which continues with Son in Sorrow. Raves and a 4-star average at Goodreads! "Everything I adore in high fantasy--lush worldbuilding, political intrigue, and compelling characters--combined with something I rarely find in high fantasy--intelligent, well-written, relevant sex. MeiLin Miranda's a damn fine writer and definitely one I'll be keeping my eye on in the future!" -- M.K. Hobson, author of The Native Star "If George R. R. Martin's Song of Ice and Fire series captures the gritty realism of medieval history, Lovers and Beloveds reveals the intimate and personal dynamics of power in aristocracies. It weaves together a rich multi-layered story that explores how sex and power shape history and individual destiny--sharing a perspective that's beyond the 'men, swords, and thrones' (capital H) history that's often seen in fantasy." -- book blogger Frida Fantastic "[C]aptivating - almost like an anthropological study of sex, identity, gender, relationships, power, fetish, etc. Unlike your normal smut novel or porn piece, the sex is heart-breakingly realistic, full of warts and rough edges. ... Overall Rating: 4.5 stars. Thought-provoking, well-written, emotionally powerful." -- Maria T. Violante, Write, Read, Review blog Books in This Series: Lovers and Beloveds (Book One)Son in Sorrow (Book Two)"Accounts: An Allis and Issak Obby Story" (prequel short story)"The Gratification Engine: An Allis Obby and Anda Barrows Story" (prequel erotic short story) Keywords: epic fantasy, fantasy series, family saga, fantasy family saga, immortal, gods, goddesses, pantheon, Victorian, Victorianesque, 19th century, empire, colonialism, redemption, free, free ebook, free fantasy book, freebie, sexual politics, intrigue, political intrigue, fantasy history, hidden, secrets, battles, sexuality, bisexuality, sexual exploration, coming of age, literary fantasy, large cast of characters, politics, sacred sexuality, sprawling cast, plots, counter plots, history, mystery, deception, betrayal, family drama, magic, hidden magic, suppressed history, destiny, prophecy, nobility, large cast, story in story, lost magic, no DRM, DRM-free, free first in series, royalty, power exchange
Author : Toni Morrison
Publisher : Everyman's Library
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 47,59 MB
Release : 2006-10-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0307264882
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Toni Morrison’s Beloved is a spellbinding and dazzlingly innovative portrait of a woman haunted by the past. Sethe was born a slave and escaped to Ohio, but eighteen years later she is still not free. She has borne the unthinkable and not gone mad, yet she is still held captive by memories of Sweet Home, the beautiful farm where so many hideous things happened. Meanwhile Sethe’s house has long been troubled by the angry, destructive ghost of her baby, who died nameless and whose tombstone is engraved with a single word: Beloved. Sethe works at beating back the past, but it makes itself heard and felt incessantly in her memory and in the lives of those around her. When a mysterious teenage girl arrives, calling herself Beloved, Sethe’s terrible secret explodes into the present. Combining the visionary power of legend with the unassailable truth of history, Morrison’s unforgettable novel is one of the great and enduring works of American literature.
Author : Marguerite Duras
Publisher : Pantheon
Page : 129 pages
File Size : 28,79 MB
Release : 2011-07-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0307801209
An international best-seller with more than one million copies in print and a winner of France's Prix Goncourt, The Lover has been acclaimed by critics all over the world since its first publication in 1984. Set in the prewar Indochina of Marguerite Duras's childhood, this is the haunting tale of a tumultuous affair between an adolescent French girl and her Chinese lover. In spare yet luminous prose, Duras evokes life on the margins of Saigon in the waning days of France's colonial empire, and its representation in the passionate relationship between two unforgettable outcasts. Long unavailable in hardcover, this edition of The Lover includes a new introduction by Maxine Hong Kingston that looks back at Duras's world from an intriguing new perspective--that of a visitor to Vietnam today.
Author : Ḥāfiẓ
Publisher : Cross Cultural Communications
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 31,82 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Arabic poetry
ISBN : 9780893041137
Mabarriz Muzaffar was an extremely devout Muslem and followed shariah prohibitions on wine to the letter. At this time Hafez seems to have been ousted from his position at the religious college. Nevertheless, Hafez's fortunes changed when Shah Shoja usurped the throne from his father Mabarriz Muzaffar. Shah Shoja, who ruled Shiraz for twenty-five years, was extremely liberal, drank wine, and wrote poetry himself. Once again, Hafez was a court poet, and he also regained his position as teacher at of religious studies at the college. Things remained settled for Hafez until sometime in his late forties when the next major upheaval in his life occurred. Apparently, Hafez fell out of favor in the court of Shah Shoja and fled from Shiraz to Isfahan. There, his exile lasted for about four years. His poems form this period are filled with despair, alienation, and longing for his home in Shiraz.
Author : Alexandra Villard De Borchgrave
Publisher : Glitterati
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 31,21 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9780982379967
Inspired by the Ten Worlds of Buddhist philosophy, which convey the positive and negative aspects of life, de Borchgrave sets a new standard for experiential expression. Her poems are paired with heretofore unpublished details of artworks by master Japan
