In Love with a Handsome Sailor : The Emergence of Gay Identity and the Novels of Pierre Loti.

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- A Note on References and Translations -- Introduction -- 1 Was Julien Viaud Gay? An Examination of the Evidence -- 2 Contextualized Suggestion and Ambiguity: Aziyadé -- 3 Discovering a Fuller Range of Sexuality: The Marriage of Loti -- 4 A Plea for Sexual Understanding: The Story of a Spahi -- 5 Man (Men?) in Love: My Brother Yves -- 6 Different Contexts, Different Sexualities: Iceland Fisherman -- 7 The Origin of Sexual Ambiguity in the Madame Butterfly Legend: Madame Chrysanthemum -- 8 A Proustian Probing into Childhood and the Beginnings of Sexuality: The Story of a Child -- 9 Works of Self-Doubt: A Phantom from the East and Sailor -- 10 Creating the Allegorical Gay Novel: Ramuntcho -- 11 A Defence of Homosexuals and a Consciousness Raising: The Awakened -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- J -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

The first book-length gay reading of Viaud's corpus, this work will make an important contribution not only to the study of Viaud, but also to the study of gay and lesbian history, culture, and literature.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.