{"product_id":"between-men-english-literature-and-male-homosocial-desire-9780231176293","title":"Between Men: English Literature and Male Homosocial Desire","description":"\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1985, \u003ci\u003eBetween Men\u003c\/i\u003e was a decisive intervention in gender studies, a book that all but singlehandedly dislodged a tradition of literary critique that suppressed queer subjects and subjectivities. With stunning foresight and conceptual power, Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick's work opened not only literature but also politics, society, and culture to broader investigations of power, sex, and desire, and to new possibilities of critical agency. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIlluminating with uncanny prescience Western society's evolving debates on gender and sexuality, Between Men still has much to teach us. With a new foreword by Wayne Koestenbaum emphasizing the work's ongoing relevance, Between Men engages with Shakespeare's \u003ci\u003eSonnets\u003c\/i\u003e, Wycherley's \u003ci\u003eThe Country Wife\u003c\/i\u003e, Sterne's \u003ci\u003eA Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy\u003c\/i\u003e, Hogg's \u003ci\u003eThe Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner\u003c\/i\u003e, Tennyson's \u003ci\u003eThe Princess\u003c\/i\u003e, Eliot's \u003ci\u003eAdam Bede\u003c\/i\u003e, Thackeray's \u003ci\u003eThe History of Henry Esmond, Esq.\u003c\/i\u003e, and Dickens's \u003ci\u003eOur Mutual Friend\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Mystery of Edwin Drood\u003c\/i\u003e, among many other texts. Its pathbreaking analysis of homosocial desire in Western literature remains vital to the future of queer studies and to explorations of the social transformations in which it participates.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eEve Kosofsky Sedgwick (1950-2009) was Distinguished Professor of English at the Graduate Center, City University of New York. Her books include \u003ci\u003eTendencies\u003c\/i\u003e;\u003ci\u003e A Dialogue on Love\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eTouching Feeling: Affect, Pedagogy, Performativity\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Coherence of Gothic Conventions\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eEpistemology of the Closet\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWayne Koestenbaum is Distinguished Professor of English at the Graduate Center, City University of New York.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Columbia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50513973051666,"sku":"9780231176293","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_47f07f77-9b64-4f1b-9311-ebfd983bc537.jpg?v=1730969604","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/between-men-english-literature-and-male-homosocial-desire-9780231176293","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}