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  • Queer Natures, Queer Mythologies

    by Sam See, Heather Love, Wendy Moffat ...
    Queer Natures, Queer Mythologies collects in two parts the scholarly work—both published and unpublished—that Sam See had completed as of his death in 2013.In Part I, in a thorough reading of Darwin, See argues that nature is constantly and aimlessly variable, and that nature itself might be considered queer. In Part II, See proposes that, understood as queer in this way, nature might be made the ... Read more

    $29.99 USD

  • The Broadview Anthology of American Literature Concise Volume 1: Beginnings to Reconstruction

    by Christine Bold et al. ...
    About the AnthologyGuided by the latest scholarship in American literary studies, and deeply committed to inclusiveness, social responsibility, and rigorous contextualization, The Broadview Anthology of American Literature balances representation of widely agreed-upon major works with a thoroughgoing reassessment of the canon that emphasizes American literature’s diversity, variety, breadth, and ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

  • For the Pleasure of His Company

    An Affair of the Misty City, Thrice Told

    by Charles Warren Stoddard ...
    Series series Q19: The Queer American Nineteenth Century
    Charles Warren Stoddard (1843–1909) was, during his life, an acclaimed and prolific writer in multiple genres: poetry, travel sketches, personal memoir, and conversion narrative. His most popular works were dispatches primarily from the South Sea Islands but also extended into Palestine, Egypt, and what would become known as Hawai‘i, most of which were published in the San Francisco Chronicle and ... Read more

    $25.19 USD

  • For the Pleasure of His Company

    An Affair of the Misty City, Thrice Told

    by Charles Warren Stoddard ...
    Series series Q19: The Queer American Nineteenth Century
    Charles Warren Stoddard (1843–1909) was, during his life, an acclaimed and prolific writer in multiple genres: poetry, travel sketches, personal memoir, and conversion narrative. His most popular works were dispatches primarily from the South Sea Islands but also extended into Palestine, Egypt, and what would become known as Hawai‘i, most of which were published in the San Francisco Chronicle and ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • "Ethel's Love-Life" and Other Writings

    by Margaret J. M. Sweat ...
    Series series Q19: The Queer American Nineteenth Century
    In a series of lengthy letters, the unsettled and unruly Ethel Sutherland writes to an initially unnamed and ungendered correspondent, and patiently discloses the troubled history of her past romantic attachments to both men and women. Not until the third letter does she reveal that her correspondent is Ernest, the man to whom she is engaged to be married. Wanting to make him understand how all of ... Read more

    $20.89 USD

  • "Ethel's Love-Life" and Other Writings

    by Margaret J. M. Sweat ...
    Series series Q19: The Queer American Nineteenth Century
    In a series of lengthy letters, the unsettled and unruly Ethel Sutherland writes to an initially unnamed and ungendered correspondent, and patiently discloses the troubled history of her past romantic attachments to both men and women. Not until the third letter does she reveal that her correspondent is Ernest, the man to whom she is engaged to be married. Wanting to make him understand how all of ... Read more

    $27.99 USD

  • The Accidental Astronaut

    by Christopher Looby ...
    What should you do when you've been accidentally abducted by aliens? As a lonely orphan just trying to survive, Oliver Wetherbee has never really thought about it. Until now his biggest concern has been how to avoid bullies on the way to his next meal. But his problems are about to get bigger—astronomically bigger. In just few days' time Oliver will discover a universe far beyond the walls of the ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • "The Man Who Thought Himself a Woman" and Other Queer Nineteenth-Century Short Stories

    Edited by Christopher Looby ...
    Series series Q19: The Queer American Nineteenth Century
    "Perhaps it is no coincidence that the nineteenth century—the century when, it has been said, sexuality as such (and various taxonomized sexual identities) were invented—is the period when American short stories were invented, and when they were the queerest."—Christopher Looby, from the IntroductionA man in small-town America wears the clothing of his wife and sisters; satisfied at last that he ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

  • Cecil Dreeme

    by Theodore Winthrop ...
    Series series Q19: The Queer American Nineteenth Century
    "Heterosexuality, this novel forthrightly claims, is a poor substitute for passionate love between men—and heterosexuality's historical emergence in the nineteenth century is consequently, Cecil Dreeme laments, a grave misfortune."—Christopher Looby, from the IntroductionFreshly returned to New York City from his studies abroad, unmoored by news of the apparent suicide of his accomplished ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

  • Cecil Dreeme

    by Theodore Winthrop ...
    Series series Q19: The Queer American Nineteenth Century
    "Heterosexuality, this novel forthrightly claims, is a poor substitute for passionate love between men—and heterosexuality's historical emergence in the nineteenth century is consequently, Cecil Dreeme laments, a grave misfortune."—Christopher Looby, from the IntroductionFreshly returned to New York City from his studies abroad, unmoored by news of the apparent suicide of his accomplished ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • American Literature’s Aesthetic Dimensions

    Edited by Cindy Weinstein, Christopher Looby ...
    Rethinking the category of aesthetics in light of recent developments in literary theory and social criticism, the contributors to this volume showcase the interpretive possibilities available to those who bring politics, culture, ideology, and conceptions of identity into their critiques. Essays combine close readings of individual works and authors with more theoretical discussions of aesthetic ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • "The Man Who Thought Himself a Woman" and Other Queer Nineteenth-Century Short Stories

    Edited by Christopher Looby ...
    Series series Q19: The Queer American Nineteenth Century
    "Perhaps it is no coincidence that the nineteenth century—the century when, it has been said, sexuality as such (and various taxonomized sexual identities) were invented—is the period when American short stories were invented, and when they were the queerest."—Christopher Looby, from the IntroductionA man in small-town America wears the clothing of his wife and sisters; satisfied at last that he ... Read more

    $31.99 USD