Andre Gide: The Homosexual Moralist by Patrick Pollard (English) Hardcover Book

Description: Andre Gide by Patrick Pollard Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Hardcover Condition Brand New Description Andre Gide, French essayist, novelist, and playwright, was a homosexual whose sexuality was central to his literary and political discourse. In this study of homosexuality in Gides theater and fiction, Patrick Pollard analyzes his ideas and traces the philosophical, anthropological, scientific, and literary movements that influenced his thought. Publisher Description Andre Gide, renowned French essayist, novelist, and playwright, was also a homosexual apologist whose sexuality was central to the whole of his literary and political discourse. This book by Patrick Pollard-the first serious study of homosexuality in Gides theater and fiction-analyzes his ideas and traces the philosophical, anthropological, scientific, and literary movements that influenced his thought. Pollard begins by discussing Corydon, a defense of pederasty that Gide felt was his most important book. He then provided a historical and analytical survey of books that contributed to Gides perception of homosexuality, including works on philosophy, social theory, natural history, and medicolegal questions. Pollard goes on to investigate works of fiction-ancient and modern, European and Oriental-in which Gide saw homosexual elements. He concludes by considering the homosexual themes in Gides own works, analyzing the ways that Gide constantly tried to resolve conflicts between nature and culture, hypocrisy and honesty, corruption and sound moral judgment, anomaly and conformity, and sexual freedom and religious constraint. The book provides a new perspective on Gides work, a reconstruction of the moral and intellectual climate in Europe at the beginning of the twentieth century, and a substantial contribution to the cultural history of homosexuality. Details ISBN 0300049986 ISBN-13 9780300049985 Title Andre Gide Author Patrick Pollard Format Hardcover Year 1991 Pages 514 Publisher Yale University Press GE_Item_ID:6996705; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys

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