Renée Vivien – författare

”Hon kände sig redan förlorad i evigheten, ett med horisonten, med de gyllne purpurfärgade böljorna, med vågskummet i fjärran, med luften och med all den klangfulla klarheten. Hon fruktade inte den kyskögda Döden vars händer är allvarsamma; hon fruktade bara Kärleken som härjar sinnet och köttet.” Renée Viviens Damen med vargen är en delikat samling noveller som osar fin-de-siècle. Exotiska trakter, gammaltestamentliga landskap och venetianska palats utgör dess världar som innebos av vilda djur, femme fataler och kyska poetissor. Men under den kittlande dekadensen är Viviens prosa häpnadsväckande modern. Med förlösande ironi omkull- kastar hon givna könsroller och blandar lekfullhet med dödsdrift på ett sätt som saknar litterär motsvarighet. Renée Vivien (pseudonym för Pauline Tarn) var en framstående gestalt i det franska sekelskiftets symbolistiska kretsar. Hon har getts smeknamnet Sapfo 1900 vilket på en gång vittnar om hennes öppet lesbiska livsstil som kvalitén på hennes diktning. Utgåvan ingår i serien Alastor Klassiker där förlaget Alastor Press samlar sina mest oumbärliga dekadensklassiker.

Lesbian writers include some of the most innovative and adventurous writers of this century, but only recently have they been given their due attention in terms of critical study. This book is the first anthology to discuss the subject of lesbianism as it relates to the critical interaction among readers, writers, and literary critics. It explores lesbian texts in terms of identification, meaning, and interpretation, and examines the complex entanglements of identity, voice, intersubjectivity, textualities, and sexualities. "A wonderful exploration of the varieties of life choices lesbians can and do make. This book once again proves that telling the truth aboutyourself is a revolutionary act." --Rita Mae Brown "They will probably drum Karla Jay and Joanne Glasgow out of the academy for this one...A college text that is witty, literate, interesting, and can be read for fun. What's the world coming to? Lesbian Texts and Contexts: dry title, wonderful book." --Barbara Grier, Editor Naiad Press "To call this collection much-needed or eagerly awaited would be the understatement of the year.It's thrilling ot think of the new readings of classic texts, the new directions for theory, and--maybe best of all--the new range of literary encounters in the classroom, that will be enabled by this radical intervention on the critical scene." --Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, Duke University "Excellent,...challenging, sexy,...never boring." --Outweek.

A collection of short stories by Renée Vivien (1877-1909). Reflects and challenges attitudes of the belle epoque, questions gender roles, and represents same-sex love and desire. Stories feature unreliable narrators and include rewritten fairy tales and ancient myths, adventure stories in the American West and at sea, and others.

An English translation of short stories by Renée Vivien (1877-1909). Reflects and challenges attitudes of the belle epoque, questions gender roles, and represents same-sex love and desire. Stories feature unreliable narrators and include rewritten fairy tales and ancient myths, adventure stories in the American West and at sea, and others.