Stable Identity: Horses, Inversion Theory, andThe Well of Loneliness

2008/03/04 by Mary A. Armstrong · 7 citations
Arts and Humanities · Psychology · #American Literature and Culture #American and British Literature Analysis #Art #Conversation #Femininity #Gender studies #Human sexuality #Lesbian #Literature #Loneliness #Masculinity #Mormonism, Religion, and History #Narrative #Psychoanalysis #Psychology #Queer #Queer theory #Social psychology #Sociology #Transgender

paper · open access · doi:10.1080/10436920701884712

published in LIT Literature Interpretation Theory 19(1), 47-78 (Routledge)

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Abstract

Oh, god, not again: The Well of Fucking Loneliness. When will the nightmare stop? – Terry Castle (394) In the afterword to a collection of essays on The Well of Loneliness, Terry Castle conjures up...

Citations

• The Mythic Mannish Lesbian: Radclyffe Hall and the New Woman
• Zero Degree Deviancy: The Lesbian Novel in English
• "Women Alone Stir My Imagination": Lesbianism and the Cultural Tradition
• "Everything Is out of Place": Radclyffe Hall and the Lesbian Literary Tradition

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• The Well of Loneliness [wikipedia]

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