(Be)Longing in "Quicksand": Framing Kinship and Desire More Queerly

Nella Larsen's Quicksand is infamous for its lingering atmosphere of near-palpable yearning. Helga Crane, the novel's off-putting and conflicted protagonist exhibits a sense of longing that is not easily explained. Most often critics frame this longing through an heteronormative lens that...

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Veröffentlicht in:	College literature 2012-06, Vol.39 (3), p.129-159
1. Verfasser:	Wagner, Johanna M.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	African American literature American literature Black people Christianity Communities Desire Evidence Family Relationship Interpersonal relations Kinship Larsen, Nella LGBTQ literature Literary criticism Males Marriage Novels Personality Portraiture Quicksand Racial Identification Reading Sexual Orientation Women
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