{"product_id":"echoes-of-a-queer-messianic-from-frankenstein-to-brokeback-mountain-paperback","title":"Echoes of a Queer Messianic: From Frankenstein to Brokeback Mountain - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRichard O. Block\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eReconsiders mostly German narratives from around 1800 to recover echoes of a queer messianic that still resonate today.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eQueer theory has focused heavily on North American and contemporary contexts, but in this book Richard O. Block helps to expand that reach. Deftly combining the two main currents of recent queer theory, the asocial and the reparative, he reconsiders mostly German narratives from around 1800, while relating his findings to recent texts such as \u003ci\u003eA Lover's Discourse\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBrokeback Mountain\u003c\/i\u003e. He offers novel readings of well-known texts by Shelley, Kleist, and Goethe, arguing that this early writing serves as a creative font for much of the subsequent work in sexology. These texts also provide echoes of a kind of love overlooked or suppressed in favor of a politics of appeasement or one intended to make queers model citizens. This book charts the unexplored possibilities for queer love in an attempt to map a future for gay politics in the age of homonormativity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRichard O. Block \u003c\/b\u003eis Associate Professor of Germanics at the University of Washington, Seattle and the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Spell of Italy: Vacation, Magic, and the Attraction of Goethe\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 214\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 02, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51873619247392,"sku":"9781438469546","price":63.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/H9xaFRHF49781438469546.webp?v=1781721329","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/echoes-of-a-queer-messianic-from-frankenstein-to-brokeback-mountain-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}