Libidinous Landscapes: Sexual Inscriptions of Place in Guyanese Literature
Taking its cue from a quotation by Raleigh, this essay focuses on the nexus between the Guyana landscape and the images of human sexuality or sexual arousal by means of which it is frequently represented in literature. After an examination of this in W.H. Hudson’s Green Mansions and Alejo Carpentier...
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| Aineistotyyppi: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
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Commonwealth Essays and Studies
2024
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| Linkit: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Yhteenveto: | Taking its cue from a quotation by Raleigh, this essay focuses on the nexus between the Guyana landscape and the images of human sexuality or sexual arousal by means of which it is frequently represented in literature. After an examination of this in W.H. Hudson’s Green Mansions and Alejo Carpentier’s The Lost Steps, both set in the Guyana region, the focus shifts to the early novels of Wilson Harris where, it is argued, the trope is used to achieve specifically post-colonial, counter-discursive effects. |
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