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Epistemology of the Closet

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University of California Press, 1990 - Literary Criticism - 258 pages
Argues that questions of sexual definition are at the heart of every form of literature, and discusses the writings of Melville, James, Wilde, and Proust
  

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i think i read this too late in life. that and i hate comparative lit. Read full review

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It's difficult to overestimate the down-to-earth magnetism and influence of Sedgwick, and 'Epistemology' has everything for which she's rightly still at the top of her field, years after her death ... Read full review

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Contents

Epistemology of the Closet
67
Some Binarisms
91
Wilde Nietzsche and the Sentimental Relations
131
The Beast in the Closet
182
Proust and the Spectacle of the Closet 2 13
213
Index 253
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Copyright

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JSTOR: Epistemology of the Closet
Epistemology of the Closet. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1990. 258 pp. $24.95. Epistemology of the Closet is a sequel to Eve Kosofsky ...
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Queer Theory in Relation to <I>Epistemology of the Closet</I>
In Epistemology of the Closet, author Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick argues that standard binary oppositions limit freedom and understanding, especially as related ...
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Eve Sedgwick’s text, “The Epistemology of the Closet”,is very ...
evesedgwick’s text, “The Epistemology of the Closet”, is verydense so to begin let us first consider the title itself. The word epistemologymeans “The study ...
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Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick
“Epistemology of the closet”, Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, in “The Lesbian and Gay ... that the epistemology of the closet has given an overarching consistency to ...
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Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In Epistemology of the Closet, Sedgwick argues that "virtually any aspect of modern Western culture, must be, not merely incomplete, but damaged in its ...
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Commentary: Knowing Silences or the Epistemology of the Closet ...
Commentary: Knowing Silences or the Epistemology of the Closet? Commentary on Article by Martin Weegmann, `Group Analysis and Homosexuality: Indifference or ...
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Maureen Ford - Opening the Closet Door: Sexualities Education and ...
[1] Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, Epistemology of the Closet (Berkeley: ... [3] See Sedgwick's discussion, Epistemology of the Closet, of two cases: Acanfora vs. ...
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Epistemology of the Closet. EVE KOSOFSKY SEDGWICK. Updated Edition with a New Preface. “Pioneering and rewarding…. Sedgwick has zeroed in on ...
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Interview: Sedgwick - O'Rourke
Mark Kerr: In Epistemology of the Closet you suggest that the homo/heterosexual crisis, a definition that shapes western concerns about identity and social ...
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About the author (1990)

Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick is Distinguished Professor of English at City University of New York Graduate Center. Her books include "Between Men, Tendencies, A Dialogue on Love, "and "Touching Feeling.

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