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Subject(s)

• Gay people's writings, American—History and criticism [Browse]
• Gay people—United States—Correspondence—History and criticism [Browse]
• Letter writing—United States—History—19th century [Browse]
• American letters—19th century—History and criticism [Browse]

Series

Studies in rhetoric/communication. [More in this series]

Summary note

Ultimately, Queering Romantic Engagement in the Postal Age argues that such rhetorical training shaped citizens as romantic subjects in predictably heteronormative ways and simultaneously opened up possibilities for their queer rhetorical practices.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Source of description

Description based on print version record.

Contents

• Introduction: beyond civic engagement
• The language of the heart: genre instruction in heteronormative relations
• To address you my husband: Addie Brown and Rebecca Primus's queer epistolary exchange
• Somehow or other, queer in the extreme: Albert Dodd's civic training and genre-queer practices
• Conclusion: toward queer failure.

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ISBN

• 9781611179910
• 1611179912

OCLC

1098227299

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