Queens and Revolutionaries: New Readings of Jean Genet.(Book Review)

The Modern Language Review | April 1, 2005| | Copyright

Queens and Revolutionaries: New Readings of Jean Genet. By PASCALE GAITET. London: Associated University Presses. 2003. 171 pp. 30 [pounds sterling]. ISBN 0-87413-826-4.

As its title suggests, and as its presentation on the inner leaves of the cover confirms, this book's four chapters are divided into two halves, the first offering an analysis of gender in Genet's early work, the second examining the political nature of his writings from the late 1960s onwards, in particular Un captif amoureux. This structure derives from the fact that the book is announced as a ...

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