Unaccountable Form: Queer Failure and Jane Barker's Patchwork Method.
The article focuses on Jane Barker's innovative autobiographical fiction "A Patch-Work Screen for the Ladies" patchwork aesthetic as a methodological and formal model of queer failure. It mentions Barker's aesthetic of imperfection, linked to her socially marginal perspective and same-sex desire and...
| Publicado en: | Eighteenth Century: Theory & Interpretation Vol. 60; no. 4; pp. 354 - 375 |
|---|---|
| Autor principal: | |
| Formato: | Artículo |
| Publicado: |
University of Pennsylvania Press
Winter2019
|
| Materias: | |
| Acceso en línea: | Ver este registro en EBSCOhost |
| Sumario: | The article focuses on Jane Barker's innovative autobiographical fiction "A Patch-Work Screen for the Ladies" patchwork aesthetic as a methodological and formal model of queer failure. It mentions Barker's aesthetic of imperfection, linked to her socially marginal perspective and same-sex desire and advantage of the opportunities queer theory and patchwork conceit's aesthetic of lack and disruption. It also mentions heroic formulations of feminism. |
|---|