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Confessions of the Letter Closet Epistolary Fiction and Queer Desire in Modern Spain

By the beginning of the twentieth century, epistolary novels in Spain increasingly grappled with homoerotic and homosexual desire, treating it as a secret communicated through private letters. Patrick Paul Garlinger reveals how the confidential model persists in fictional letter writing from the early twentieth century to the present, framing expressions of queer desire in confessional terms: secrecy, guilt, morality, and shame.Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Confession, Sexuality, Epistolarity -- PART I. QUEER TRACES -- 1. Archival Resurrections of Queer Desire in Miguel de Unamuno -- 2. Specters of Lesbian Desire: Love Letters and Queer Readers in Carmen Martín Gaite -- PART II. CLOSET CONFESSIONS -- 3. The Ethics of Outing in Luis Antonio de Villena -- 4. A Witness to Mourning: Memory and Testimony in Carme Riera -- PART III. EPISTOLARY POLITICS -- 5. Pleasurable Insurrections: Sexual Liberation and Epistolary Anarchy -- 6. E-mail, AIDS, and Virtual Sexuality in Lluís Fernàndez -- Postscript -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- ZBy the beginning of the twentieth century, epistolary novels in Spain increasingly grappled with homoerotic and homosexual desire, treating it as a secret communicated through private letters. Patrick Paul Garlinger reveals how the confidential model persists in fictional letter writing from the early twentieth century to the present, framing expressions of queer desire in confessional terms: secrecy, guilt, morality, and shame.Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, YYYY. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries