Beschreibung
The first critical survey of Éric Jourdan, who came to public attention as a schoolboy in 1955, when he published
, a novel of adolescent male-to-male love. This study examines whether Jourdan’s texts can be seen as homoerotic, homosexual, gay or queer, as well as the connection between sex, sexuality and writing in his work.
Autorenportrait
Owen Heathcote is Honorary Visiting Reader in Modern French Studies at the University of Bradford. His research focuses on the relationship between violence, gender and representation in French literature and film. He is the author of
(2009) and he is currently working on the representation of violence in recent French women’s writing.
Rezension
« Heathcote n’a pas simplement exhumé un auteur majeur de notre époque, mais permet désormais à la recherche universitaire d’explorer le dédale d’une œuvre qui n’a pas encore livré tous ses secrets. » (Maxime Foerster, French Studies 68.3, 2014)
«Heathcote provides an unparalleled examination of Jourdan’s entire literary oeuvre that serves as a reminder of what Jourdan brings to the understanding of contemporary French literature and Queer Studies.» (Modern Language Review 110.3, 2015)
Inhalt
Contents: Éric Jourdan’s writing career from
to present – Man Hunts: The ‘Trilogy’:
,
,
‘Jouissance’
novels:
;
;
;
‘Lost Boys’:
;
New Men I: ‘Sons and Lovers’:
;
New Men II: ‘History Boys’:
; ‘
;
Masculinity, Sexuality and Violence in Jourdan.
