The Hermaphrodite

作者:Howe, Julia Ward/ Williams, Gary (EDT)

页数:256

出版时间:2009-1

价格:$ 20.28

isbn号码:9780803218871

图书标签:美国性学性别研究宗教双性人

Written in the 1840s and published here for the first time, Julia Ward Howe's novel about a hermaphrodite is unlike anything of its time - or, in truth, of our own. Narrated by Laurence, who is raised and lives as a man, is loved by men and women alike, and can respond to neither, this unconventional story explores the understanding 'that fervent hearts must borrow the disguise of art, if they would win the right to express, in any outward form, the internal fire that consumes them.' Laurence describes his repudiation by his family, his involvement with an attractive widow, his subsequent wanderings and eventual attachment to a sixteen-year-old boy, his own tutelage by a Roman nobleman and his sisters, and his ultimate reunion with his early love.His is a story unique in nineteenth-century American letters, at once a remarkable reflection of a largely hidden inner life and a richly imagined tale of coming of age at odds with one's culture. Howe wrote "The Hermaphrodite" when her own marriage was challenged by her husband's affection for another man - and when prevailing notions regarding a woman's appropriate role in patriarchal structures threatened Howe's intellectual and emotional survival.The novel allowed Howe, and now her readers, to occupy a speculative realm otherwise inaccessible in her historical moment, especially as an American woman. Julia Ward Howe (1819-1910) is best remembered as the poet who wrote the words to 'Battle Hymn of the Republic.' Her literary fame was augmented by her eventual role as an activist for women's rights and her efforts to mobilize women for various peace efforts. Gary Williams is a professor of English at the University of Idaho and the author of "Hungry Heart: The Literary Emergence of Julia Ward Howe".

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由于故事的不完整性给少了一颗星，但想想如果这本书在19世纪的时候出版也定是会删减掉一些其他的部分的。这是一本有作者的手稿片段编成的书，故事没有开头结尾，但是读者仔细阅读后也不难想象到它们。作者详细地描述了一个双性人对于自己的性别认识和认同的内心过程，是学习性学的不错资料。

由于故事的不完整性给少了一颗星，但想想如果这本书在19世纪的时候出版也定是会删减掉一些其他的部分的。这是一本有作者的手稿片段编成的书，故事没有开头结尾，但是读者仔细阅读后也不难想象到它们。作者详细地描述了一个双性人对于自己的性别认识和认同的内心过程，是学习性学的不错资料。

由于故事的不完整性给少了一颗星，但想想如果这本书在19世纪的时候出版也定是会删减掉一些其他的部分的。这是一本有作者的手稿片段编成的书，故事没有开头结尾，但是读者仔细阅读后也不难想象到它们。作者详细地描述了一个双性人对于自己的性别认识和认同的内心过程，是学习性学的不错资料。

由于故事的不完整性给少了一颗星，但想想如果这本书在19世纪的时候出版也定是会删减掉一些其他的部分的。这是一本有作者的手稿片段编成的书，故事没有开头结尾，但是读者仔细阅读后也不难想象到它们。作者详细地描述了一个双性人对于自己的性别认识和认同的内心过程，是学习性学的不错资料。

由于故事的不完整性给少了一颗星，但想想如果这本书在19世纪的时候出版也定是会删减掉一些其他的部分的。这是一本有作者的手稿片段编成的书，故事没有开头结尾，但是读者仔细阅读后也不难想象到它们。作者详细地描述了一个双性人对于自己的性别认识和认同的内心过程，是学习性学的不错资料。