Secrecy and Sapphic Modernism: Writing Romans à Clef Between the Wars by Sashi Nair
English | 15 Jan. 2012 | ISBN: 0230298370 | 216 Pages | PDF | 2 MB
English | 15 Jan. 2012 | ISBN: 0230298370 | 216 Pages | PDF | 2 MB
Novels by significant Modernist authors can be described as romans à clef, providing insight into restrictions governing the representation of female homosexuality in the early twentieth century. Nair argues that key novels of the period represented same-sex desire through the encryption of personal references directed towards coterie audiences.