The Queer Cultures of 1930s Prose Language, Identity and Performance
Offering a radical reassessment of 1930s British literature, this volume questions the temporal limits of the literary decade, and broadens the scope of queer literary studies to consider literary-historical responses to a variety of behaviours encompasse
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Charlotte Charteris
The Queer Cultures of 1930s Prose Language, Identity and Performance in Interwar Britain
Charlotte Charteris University of Cambridge Cambridge, UK
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To John, Laura, Chloe and Francesca
Acknowledgements
As literary critics, we borrow so much of our terminology from the realm of the visual, often with little thought as to what it really means to ‘focus’ on a text. For the numerous surgeries and continued care and support that have enabled me to do just this, I owe my greatest debt to Tom Williamson at St Thomas’s Hospital, London. It is largely as a result of his dedication that this book exists at all, and my sincerest thanks are due not only to him but to Ciaran Healy. Amy Jones and Robin Luff, for setting me back on the path that has led to its publication. For all their endeavours, however, such an end would in itself have been inconceivable without the inspiration, insight and encouragement of Leo Mellor. This book has, from its earliest beginnings, been shaped by his intellectual influence and buoyed by his enthusiasm, for both of which I am profoundly grateful. The support and guidance of Alex Houen, Rod Mengham, Ian Patterson, Mark Rawlinson, David Trotter and Mark Wormald have also been invaluable, as have the opportunities to rehearse and revise my argu
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