American Writers: A Collection of Literary Biographies. Vachel Lindsay to Elinor Wylie. supplement I.. part 2Contains biographical and critical essays on the work of important American writers. Presents scholar-signed essays prepared by experts in the field. |
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Page 56
... sexuality or even bisexuality ; it is asexuality , a disinclination to take the sexual plunge that can lead to emotional and psychic liberation . As he looks at his naked body in a mirror at the end of the novel , his language grows ...
... sexuality or even bisexuality ; it is asexuality , a disinclination to take the sexual plunge that can lead to emotional and psychic liberation . As he looks at his naked body in a mirror at the end of the novel , his language grows ...
Page 62
... sexual rancor . In the Britten store Richard flirts mildly and mockingly with Lyle's wife , Jo , Lyle joins the issue , and Richard im- pugns Lyle's potency . The sexual insult is re- peated just before Lyle fires his first shot during ...
... sexual rancor . In the Britten store Richard flirts mildly and mockingly with Lyle's wife , Jo , Lyle joins the issue , and Richard im- pugns Lyle's potency . The sexual insult is re- peated just before Lyle fires his first shot during ...
Page 218
... sexual awakening . Now even more confidently than before , she creates fiction without a constricting , moralizing framework ; hence , her treatment of sexuality is superbly distanced . For Chopin , sexual passion was best defined as a ...
... sexual awakening . Now even more confidently than before , she creates fiction without a constricting , moralizing framework ; hence , her treatment of sexuality is superbly distanced . For Chopin , sexual passion was best defined as a ...
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