Cover of Taboo

Book 2017

Taboo

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Publisher
Taylor & Francis Group
Language
English
Published
2017
  • Human body in literature
  • Taboo
  • Romance literature
  • French fiction
  • History and criticism
  • Taboo in literature
  • Diseases in literature
  • Gender identity in literature

This wide-ranging text uses the notion of the taboo as a powerful means of interpreting representations of the body. The hidden bodies of realist texts reveal their secrets in unexpected ways.