Orienting Masculinity, Orienting Nation

Informationen zum Autor Philip J. Holden Klappentext Although their settings span a wide geographical area, from the South Pacific to India, Maugham's exotic short stories, novels, and travelogues all, ultimately, focus on the creation of a masculine British identity. In this first book to address Maugham's fiction in light of recent developments in postcolonial, gender, and cultural theory, Holden argues that Maugham's work can be understood as an attempt to negotiate between two alternative masculine identities: those of private homosexual and public writer. Holden identifies Maugham's attempts to cultivate a public persona as a writer whose heterosexuality is confirmed through a process of control of language. Furthermore, Holden illuminates the fluidity of language that Maugham, in contrast to his public persona, associated with homosexuality. The basis of this study is the provocative notion that Maugham's texts, despite their exotic locations, ultimately dramatize a struggle over masculine British identity. Zusammenfassung Although their settings span a wide geographical area! from the South Pacific to India! Maugham's exotic short stories! novels! and travelogues all! ultimately! focus on the creation of a masculine British identity. Inhaltsverzeichnis IntroductionEnvisioning the Primitive: The Moon and SixpenceThe Trembling of a Leaf and the Closet of NostalgiaThe Flâneur Abroad: On A Chinese ScreenThe Empty Sign of The Painted VeilTransgression and Containment: The Malayan Short StoriesThe Narrow Corner: Intoxication, Homoeroticism, and the Writing CureTranscending Sexuality: India and The Razor's EdgeConclusionBibliographyIndex

Autorentext
Philip J. Holden

Klappentext
Although their settings span a wide geographical area, from the South Pacific to India, Maugham's exotic short stories, novels, and travelogues all, ultimately, focus on the creation of a masculine British identity. In this first book to address Maugham's fiction in light of recent developments in postcolonial, gender, and cultural theory, Holden argues that Maugham's work can be understood as an attempt to negotiate between two alternative masculine identities: those of private homosexual and public writer. Holden identifies Maugham's attempts to cultivate a public persona as a writer whose heterosexuality is confirmed through a process of control of language. Furthermore, Holden illuminates the fluidity of language that Maugham, in contrast to his public persona, associated with homosexuality. The basis of this study is the provocative notion that Maugham's texts, despite their exotic locations, ultimately dramatize a struggle over masculine British identity.

Inhalt
Introduction Envisioning the Primitive: The Moon and Sixpence The Trembling of a Leaf and the Closet of Nostalgia The Flâneur Abroad: On A Chinese Screen The Empty Sign of The Painted Veil Transgression and Containment: The Malayan Short Stories The Narrow Corner: Intoxication, Homoeroticism, and the Writing Cure Transcending Sexuality: India and The Razor's Edge Conclusion Bibliography Index

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